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Sometimes, journalists can’t challenge a protest’s ideals, so they poison the well before the first step. Last week, I talked about my experience at the “No Kings” rally in Boston—specifically, how... (Read more)

John Bolton’s surrender to the Justice Department should be a warning to Republicans everywhere: you’re only on “the inside” until you’re not, and if John Bolton can be ousted from “the inside”, no... (Read more)

As someone with a lot of MAGA-supporting family, I know all too well how quick GOP quips can be casually injected into conversations, yet using that opportunity to have a serious conversation about... (Read more)

I don’t want to beat this subject to death (it would be the height of hypocrisy), but seeing as it keeps coming up around me, I wanted to drop an observation. Perusing a Massachusetts-centric e-tab... (Read more)

Every four years, the US votes for a new president, and 70-80 million people on each side of the election decide whether this is a “respect the Constitution” president, or if this is an “amend the ... (Read more)

Donald Trump is dying! The left can’t stop The Storm from coming! Biden, Clinton, and Fauci are going to be arrested! Trump is going to be taken down in court! Every day, I see the rabid masses of ... (Read more)

In conversation and in civic life, people misrepresent the stances of their opponents, whether by accident or on purpose. This is called a “straw-man”, because it’s like making a cheap imitation of... (Read more)

I previously wrote about the allure sheer power held when I held more conservative views, and how I think this shapes modern party discourse. The White House recently issued an executive order (EO)... (Read more)

When a political coalition stalls trying to find the most in-character way to accomplish something instead of pursuing a path based on its own foundational goals, I call that “alignment theater”. S... (Read more)

I don’t know if there’s a formal name for this—when two sides of an argument try to “cancel” their hypocrisy out—but it’s one of the most frustrating habits I regularly notice. You see it all the t... (Read more)