If we're going to have a better politics, someone has to stand for something real.

The readings below are not meant to be anti-Trump or anti-GOP. They are attempts to inform people's expectations.

Part of the problem with explaining social class and wealth to you is that I'm not entirely sure how it all works.

Society does not actually depend on the loud guy at the council meeting saying he pays taxes, no one else does, therefore no one else should get anything but him.

I had just finished writing about Robert Frost's "The Gift Outright" when I started doubting its utility.

...this has been a long coup.

I've got a few new subscribers, so I want to make sure I welcome everyone properly.

I'd like to introduce you to this short video about the Texas Constitution.

[I]f you change your speech–maybe use appropriate grammar, make polite and charming small talk–you can advance in society?

Lincoln says that the fathers of the United States "conceived [it] in Liberty," "dedicated [it] to the proposition that all men are created equal."

I'm sitting at the bar, sipping a margarita, and chatting pleasantly with two older couples.

...Jonathan Katz talks about "the right to be an asshole."

I finish writing a short piece on nihilism, and then I have to confront the news.

...screaming bloody murder when you have urgent and serious reasons to question authority is a political virtue.

I yield my time to a far more effective teacher than I am.