The Jackson Royal Letters

Essays and meditations by the author of “King Cockfight” on The South, America, their politics, and lots of other ugly, beautiful things.

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Jun 2, 2020

Bleach America until it makes sense again

An examination of Trumpian-MAGA nihilism

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Jun 1, 2020

The rhyme of the unheard

The American riots and the silencing of the American lie

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May 29, 2020

Nihilism in the sun

Crowded beaches and the Alabama attitude gone viral

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May 27, 2020

You’re not saving America if you’re against voting by mail.

In fact, you’re not being terribly…

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May 26, 2020

Stop fucking killing people

After Ahmaud Arbery, considering the oddity that armed white people keep…

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May 18, 2020

Don’t let them take your breath

Remembering who’s at fault for these end(ish) times, and how little…

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Sep 26, 2017

You don’t have to give Roy Moore a platform.

Really, you don’t.

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Apr 20, 2017

Robert Bentley, Donald Trump, Roy Moore, and Alabama’s long defeat.

Alabama politics and its scandals…

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Apr 18, 2017

No, that woman did not ruin Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley— Robert Bentley did.

Alabama’s former governor burned his own house down. Don’t give him any excuses.

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Jun 20, 2016

Alabama’s Mike Hubbard was the wrong kind of thief.

Throwing the book at the formerly most powerful man in Alabama politics, and the crisis he helped create by being cheap.

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