Thoughts, feelings and experiences in a time of Trump.

Adelle McElveen

Jun 1, 2020

Open Letter to Vice President Biden, Gov Cuomo, Sens Schumer and Gillibrand, Rep Jeffries, and

Adelle McElveen

Feb 18, 2019

{2/18/19} Reactions to Amazon

This past Thursday Amazon announced they were cancelling their plans to put an HQ2 in New York City. I, like many other people, have an opinion about this. I commented on a NY Times article, and wanted to share the sentiment here:

Adelle McElveen

Dec 11, 2018

{12/11/18} Stray Thoughts on Hamilton and American Mobility

Adelle McElveen

Jul 15, 2017

{7/15/17} Race to the Bottom

In the Trump area I think we’re learning how much of America’s democracy is built on norms and precedent. Or…

Adelle McElveen

Jul 15, 2017

{Drafted 6/19/17} Identity Politics is a Correction

Today I read “Why social media is terrible for multiethnic democracies”, which was originally published at some point in 2016, but updated yesterday. Unclear what the update was made.

Adelle McElveen

Jun 18, 2017

{6/18/17} Not Not Not Reading the News

Real talk: I’m behind on the news. I thought I was going to catch up yesterday, but then I…

Adelle McElveen

Jun 12, 2017

Up until now (June 12, 2017)

When the Russia-election-hacking stuff finally came to light, I thought: ‘this is it! We can get Trump out! It was an illegitimate election!’. Then I was listening to Pod Save America and they addressed that question. The Russians didn’t hack the election per se, they hacked the…

Adelle McElveen

Jun 12, 2017

But Why?

In these batshit crazy times, we (humanity?) need a contemporaneous record, a play-by-play, of either the end of our democracy or its turning point.

Every day I have a million thoughts, feelings and ideas about society/politics/culture running through my head, and I want to store them…