Finally got around to watching "Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice", and when it was over I thought it was OK.. then I started to think about it.. there's too many superfluous characters/side plots--which doesn't bother me nearly as much as the movie utterly failing to follow the internal logic esta...

Without more information about this individual, that is an unfair judgment. The most powerful effect of being crushed by your material circumstances is a lack of mental/financial resources to adequately engage with the world you live in... Do you think I survive in a hermetically-sealed, pristine b...

Honestly, you can't really blame him. You can, and you should. He's a fucking prick. A fair and just world requires work and attention. So he can't be arsed, well fuck him. I hope he chokes on it. Without more information about this individual, that is an unfair judgment. The most powerful effect o...

That has been a severe source of frustration for me. I’ve read the constitution, the federalist papers, seen how the government has operated under it, and there is no fucking way that piece of shit document is compatible with any real kind of liberation of marginalized people. This has been evident...

If you want to be more depressed: https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-future-looks-like-from-here?r=eeyg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true&fbclid=IwY2xjawGYThBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHYQhyiNlOTYjHnEFXWVeg-NuZ7-oc0KppL8TvYOBqEv-6rZmRrsIs_mF1w_aem_bZ5unYSIEYYk1JHg9C-u...

I've been doing some thinking on this, because I do get a lot of questions from colleagues in other countries curious about the cult of personality in American politics. The best I can equate it to is that the average American (of late) regards their political candidate the same way that a football...

We’re about to see what Maga with no restrictions looks like. This is where the US is lucky to have a federal system where States have real power… assuming you live in a blue state. The right doesn't respect state's rights in the slightest, unless it's the state's right to oppress minorities. And w...

A beautiful show that makes me feel like a complete failure as a parent.

Not crap.

Out of the list presented, it's John Marshall; Kissinger is, maybe, a distant second. John Marshall empowered the U.S. Supreme Court in a way that was entirely unnecessary: the facts in Marbury v. Madison could've been easily resolved without resort to enshrining the doctrine of judicial review; the...

Not crap, no waffles. Their politics were strident but by and large right , which might have seemed uncool in the 90s or whatever when it was better to be wrong and not care as much. Everything's tight, everything's put together. Rap and rock never got on better. Their riffs are better than your ri...