My California

Beau Beausoleil
West Coast poet Beau Beausoleil reflects on the momentary beauties which somehow compensate for our everyday sense of exile and displacement.

Trump’s Cognitive Decline Is on Full Display

Rex Huppke USA Today
Trump thought he was meeting Putin in Russia. He rambled incoherently during a nationally televised news conference. His performance leaves no doubt: the man’s brain has turned to oatmeal. It's time for the press to push back.

Marx in America: The Fourth Boom

Devin Thomas O’Shea Los Angeles Review of Books
Hartman is a Gen X Marxist, pilled by the revolutionary politics of Rage Against the Machine. “Until the freedom of some no longer required the unfreedom of others,” he writes, “Marx would carry on, no matter how ... his enemies try to erase him."

Trump’s White Nationalism and the Future of History

William Sturkey The New Republic
Being a historian during Trump 2.0 is to witness a renewal of debunked mythologies and outdated ideas made fresh by a state apparatus deeply invested in protecting the historical reputation of whiteness.

Dear Leftist: Stop Attacking AOC

Tom Gallagher Common Dreams
We should not do the billionaires’ work of dividing us. They have enough money to do it for themselves.

Alcohol Is Amazing

Alcohol kills more people each year than wars, terrorism, homicides, and car accidents combined. Why do we cling to something so harmful?