Archive - Tell Me How This Ends

Feelz Jurisprudence Marries Hugs Fascism

and what a disturbing couple they make

Mar 19 •

About That Reckoning You Wanted....

The great recurring theme of the five-year anniversary — you know which one I mean — was about the way all the bad actors escaped punishment.

Mar 18 •

In Which I Helpfully Simplify a Mediocre New Federal Plan That Has Some Merit Lurking in the Background

Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner announced a new interdepartmental plan today to create…

Mar 18 •

As Usual, the Mahmoud Khalil Story is More Complicated Than the Reporting Says

The news today is about the supposedly shocking arrest by ICE officials of the Palestinian immigrant Mahmoud Khalil, a grad student at Columbia…

Mar 11 •

The Longhouse Will Not Tolerate the Cruelty of Laughter and Pleasure

I woke up this morning, feeling for some reason like I’d lost an hour of sleep somewhere, realizing I hadn’t finished the thought about all those dank…

Mar 9 •

Human Males Engage in Odd "Humor" Ritual, a Baffled Media Reports, And It's Probably a Form of Vicious Attack

The suspicion that we’re turning into two different sets of wholly irreconcilable people who might as well be different species gets some…

Mar 8 •

Squinting Through the Fog at the Future of Point Reyes National Seashore

I’m home this morning from a trip to Point Reyes, during which I mostly walked laps and tried to talk to people who became or remained unavailable.

Mar 7 •

State of the Disunion

A little more than a week ago, I wrote that Donald Trump faces no serious political opposition, and is becoming insulated from criticism by the…

Mar 5 •

"Left," "Right," Zeleneskyy, and the Signals Inherent to Restoration Hardware Politics

I’m back in West Marin to talk to ranchers, ahead of the closure of the Point Reyes ranches, and I’m thinking about the Zelenskyy-Trump-Vance cagefight…

Mar 3 •

February 2025

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