On A Clear Day I Can’t See Forever, But On A Clear Night…
This has in many ways--many, many, many ways, been a miserable fucking week. But we did get five straight wildly clear nights in a row, allowing me to see, if…
Why I’ll Be Watching Paint Dry Instead of the Inauguration
Tomorrow our descent into the Hellmouth begins. (Forecasts call for a cold day at the Hellmouth. Figures.) Donald Trump will go to the Rotunda his mob defiled to...well, defile it…
New Snowden Tales
There've been three since this blog was last updated. If you want to catch up, here's the place to go: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/snowden-tales/id1486309809?i=1000466507109
We’ve Got A New Republican Administration, So We Have To Hear This Again
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJU_weYIh_4] Emma Green, whose job at The Atlantic involves taking religion seriously, wonders why Democrats don't take religion serious and don't talk to the 81% of evangelical voters who voted…
When a Tweet of Mine About the Affordable Care Act Goes Viral
I've never had a Tweet go viral like this before. My small contribution to the tweets of those angry about the GOP effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act has been retweeted a…
President Elect Donald Trump Has Conflicts of Interest In At Least 20 Countries. How Dangerous Can That Be?
Donald Trump’s global business interests, which he refuses to abandon or place in a legitimate blind trust, not only raise the possibility of influence peddling and graft unseen in past…
If Davis Moves To Vegas My New Team Will Be…
The Green Bay Packers. The sleaze surrounding the Las Vegas Stadium is too much for me. If the Raiders are in it, I'm out. I'll always be a fan of…
What You’d Have to Believe To Believe Trump’s Newest Conspiracy Theory
I've written about conspiracy theories on this site before, mainly with a view toward sussing out the difference between genuine conspiracy and fantastical nonsense (Climate change denial, Kurt Cobain was…
Damon Linker is Concerned About the Height of Young People’s Happiness (Sigh)
Why do it do this to myself? Why do I read The Week. I know Damon Linker's there. I already think of him as a gasbag and a twit. Nobody's paying me…
Introversion, the Literary Community, and Me
Meghan Tift wrote a piece in The Atlantic called "The Agony of Community" that got me thinking about my own relationship, or lack of it, with the Seattle literary community. Whether we’re…