Thanks to Timothée Parrique writing a response to my appearance on the Space Commune podcast. First, I should say, I didn’t have any say in the title of the episode (I think the hosts meant it as a joke/parody). I also don’t intend to ‘destroy’ any person or body of…

When powerful, wealthy, middle-aged white men living in the United States make much discussed environmental films, the most important parts are at the end — where they reveal the core of their politics. At the end of An Inconvenient Truth — Al Gore’s 2006 film — the credits rolled with…

March 2020 is proving a world historical month for many reasons. One admittedly minor one: it seems to me this month has vindicated the importance of the PMC (Professional-Managerial Class). The great PMC debate raged in Fall 2019 in the height of clashes between supporters of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie…

Source: Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ (Wikicommons) If you’re an objective analyst of U.S. society at the current moment, you can’t deny it is a society structured by division: a racial wealth gap where African-American wealth is about 7% of white wealth; a level of economic inequality not seen since…

Serious question for all you so worried about Russia/Putin’s influence on our elections. Do you think it’s OK that this woman (Tara McGowan) is the CEO of a company that is the “sole investor” in the company that designed the app meant to *transmit* results of the Iowa Caucus? …

Source: Wikicommons “The difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good.” This line from a New York Times Op-Ed “Why Rural American Voted for Trump” really stuck with me at the time. It was early January 2017 and…

This crystallized everything for me: at the end of the debate, Warren gave a friendly handshake to Joe Biden and patted him on the shoulder. Then, turning toward Bernie, he extended his hand, she refused, and a tense exchange followed. …

For those still on the fence in the Warren vs. Bernie debate, I highly recommend these two debates (links below — featuring, in separate debates, Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht of Jacobin who both do an amazing job). I think these debates — both extremely fair, calm, and respectful —…

OK. So I am ALL IN. But, I know there a lot of doubters on here. So, if you’re one of them, I want to start by asking some basic questions. Are you part of the 33% of Americans that have a college education? Do you have some sort of…