The Liberal Time Trap

Necessity, the tyrant’s plea. Milton As we watch the Trump team’s dismantling of our storied republic, in the name of an ethno-nationalist, theocratic kleptocracy, liberals and Democrats are in a bind. Trump and his Project 2025 hit squad, generaled by Naziferatu Stephen Miller, are pushing all-in for a theft or outright canceling of the 2026 mid-terms. They know that their policies are becoming more and … Continue reading The Liberal Time Trap

A Different Project for 2025: Finding an Off-Ramp from Trumpism

You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete. Buckminster Fuller You have to see it to be it. Billie Jean King Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day, and by a cruel twist of fate, Inauguration Day for Donald Trump. As we lurch into this new year and new era, partisans … Continue reading A Different Project for 2025: Finding an Off-Ramp from Trumpism

Convergence & Cataclysm: The Tectonic Plates of Trumpism

Clinging to politics is one way of avoiding the confrontation with the devouring logic of civilization. John Zerzan The only paradise is paradise lost. Proust In the big picture, the pandemic was probably the best thing that could have happened to Donald Trump. Had there been no Covid, he would have cruised to reelection, mainly due to the favorable conditions inherited from the Obama years. … Continue reading Convergence & Cataclysm: The Tectonic Plates of Trumpism