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Thank You, Sex and the City, For Our Collective Delusion
In 2025, thanking Sex and the City is like thanking your problematic aunt who once let you skip school and drive her car: you know she was reckless, sometimes infuriating, occasionally offensive, but she also taught you freedom before she taught you regret. We thank it because it let queer men, single women, divorced people,…
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Gavin Newsom Out-Trumps Trump: When the Roast Becomes Policy
Gavin Newsom didn’t just out-Trump Trump—he built a trap out of Trump’s own ego, baited it with a meme, and then invited the press to watch the door swing shut. The danger is that once you start playing Trump’s game, you’re bound by his rules, and those rules are simple: Always make it bigger, louder,…
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The Sandwich That Shook the Republic
In a different era, this would’ve been a throwaway story — a quirky “and finally…” item at the end of the evening news. But in 2025, with an administration hungry for proof of chaos, it’s an entrée. A wrapped sandwich has been elevated to the level of a threat to national order. The bread is…
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War of the Worlds (2025): When Aliens Invade… and So Does Amazon
So here we are. A film with the audacity to modernize a classic through PowerPoint-esque visuals, a nihilistic ad for Amazon and Big Tech, and an existential commentary drowned in product placement. One critic called it “a disastrous movie retelling of H.G. Wells’ classic.” Others accused it of being “shameless tech propaganda.” Even Ice Cube’s…
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When Big Brother Hires a Hall Monitor: FCC’s ‘Bias Monitor’ and the Death of Media Independence
The beauty—and the danger—of the First Amendment is that it protects the press even when the press is bad at its job. Even when it’s biased, sloppy, arrogant, or out of touch. Especially then. Because the alternative is a press that is only allowed to be “good” according to the standards of the people in…
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MAGA-fying the Museum: How to Curate History Without the History
Maybe one day, years from now, there will be an exhibit about this moment. It will feature press releases about “aggressive reviews,” news clippings about political interference, and maybe — if the curators are feeling bold — a case labeled “Democracy, in Decline.” Visitors will walk past it on their way to the dinosaur hall,…
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Eighty Years Later, We’re Still Pretending We Don’t Like the Big Red Button
In Nagasaki today, the air was thick with solemnity, speeches, and the unshakable human tendency to swear off dangerous toys while keeping them polished and ready in the basement. The city marked the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing—a moment that forever seared itself into the world’s conscience—by calling for nuclear disarmament. Politicians, dignitaries, survivors,…
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Ken Paxton vs. The Great Texas Hide-and-Seek Championships
Some states have political disagreements. Others have lawsuits. Texas, however, prefers its disputes served with an extra-large glass of iced tea, a dash of high drama, and a courtroom appearance that smells faintly of barbecue smoke and contempt of decorum. The latest entry into this Lone Star political rodeo? Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit to…
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Kelly Clarkson’s Pause Button: When Life, Love, and Vegas Neon All Go Dim
Las Vegas is built on the illusion that nothing ever stops. The lights don’t dim, the wheels don’t stop spinning, and the only real clock in the room is the one on your phone reminding you that you can’t afford another round. It’s the city of constant motion—until Kelly Clarkson presses pause.
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The Small Town Gayby Chronicles: Surviving, Healing, and Telling the Truth Out Loud
See All My Books Here | Amazon Author Page There’s a certain kind of story you only live if the world tries to erase you from the moment you can speak. And if you survive it, you either bury it so deep it rots you from the inside—or you put it on paper so nobody…