Pinned“This vote must really be about something”: Unita Blackwell’s story of voter suppression.There are two ways to win an election in America. One is the standard used by viable democracies around the world: convince a majority to…Oct 23, 2020Oct 23, 2020
The Elon Musk Twitter two-step: should I stay or should I go now?A musk-shaped cloud hangs over Twitter like a bad omen. I smell elon in the air. What to do? What to do?May 16, 2022May 16, 2022
Ukraine: after sunset I dream of the world before tomorrowFriday. Kyiv is going to fall, not a matter of if but when. The Russian onslaught is fierce, showing the world what modern war is. As if…Feb 26, 2022Feb 26, 2022
It’s official: writing for Medium sucks!I woke up in my sunny winter bedroom to check email and found an insulting surprise from Medium.Feb 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022
Tory Cancel Culture: can Boris “the greased piglet” Johnson wriggle free?After working hard to bring American-style culture war to the UK, Boris Johnson discovered that cancel culture is very much a thing. Only…Jan 24, 2022Jan 24, 2022
Brexit sparks capitalist civil warHow a Dumbledore Deluminator birthday gift led me to question a shady trade dealSep 25, 20213Sep 25, 20213
Three women to change a system: Victoria Gray and the politics of the possibleThe only reason Mississippi could exist was because the rest of the country permitted it. And so it was no longer a struggle just with…Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
The Ballyhooed Bigly British Brexit Bust-up:coming soon to a cable TV screen near youDec 14, 2020Dec 14, 2020
“There you go again” — the titanic failure of Trumponomics & supply side theoryTitanic seems the right word for our twin health and economic disasters. But while they appear to be one and the same thing, Donald Trump…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Market crashes and marching zombie stocks …Many blame the recent market crash on cornonavirus, but there are deeper and more worrisome trends driving the velocity of the market…Mar 13, 2020Mar 13, 2020
