On Trump, Iran, and the Wreckage of Performative Foreign Policy
“If Trump didn’t destroy Fordow, and he didn’t eliminate their enriched uranium, and he scuttled a diplomatic agreement, and he pushed Russia and Iran closer to each other, and he…
Tag: authoritarianism
It’s Already Happened Here
Like I’ve said before, I’m a systems thinker, and patterns across history, fiction, and political thought really resonate with me. Lately I’ve been working my way back through various books…
The Anatomy of Fascism in 2025
As someone who came of age respecting the slow, deliberate process of democratic governance—and who has watched with growing alarm the erosion of those norms—I’ve been reading Robert O. Paxton’s…
Project Homecoming and the Erosion of Civil Liberties
Day 132 of our Authoritarian Tragedy Read this now. First came the militarization of domestic law enforcement. Now, under the guise of “Project Homecoming,” we’re watching something even more dangerous…
Thinking *is* Resistance
I’ve always been drawn to the pattern behind the pattern. Whether it’s fencing footwork, the mechanics of a game engine, or the way history rhymes more than it repeats—there’s something…