If you are of a certain age or have a predilection for old cartoons, you will recall the old G.I. Joe show from the mid-80s. The primary antagonists were COBRA, a well-heeled terrorist organization led by the asthmatic and mirror-faced Cobra Commander. If you stuck with this political caprice for a season, you will also…
Here is something I need people to start applying to “Our Current Moment”: math. I need people to start applying math very specifically to some of the mainstream art you’re holding up as a response to President Trump and his many flaws, and I need you to start doing this because your timelines – and…
I’ve been in an emotional holding pattern since the election, neither experiencing the debilitating sorrow that’s plagued much of the anti-Trump contingent, nor struggling mightily with the implications of his presidency. Suggesting I might be suffering from a bout of anhedonia would imply that a Clinton win would have elicited joy, which is patently false.…
The reason why identity politics are getting chucked around like a bad penny right now is because it won’t go quietly back into its coin purse. Politicians want to acquire minority voting blocs without actually working on the specific concerns of the social blocs behind the votes, vying for a generally representative, trickle-down reality. Some…
There is a silver lining during this phase of post-election Trump ascendancy (PETA): all bets for the job are officially off. We no longer have to pretend that the American political machine is anything more than a high school popularity contest on steroids fronting for every –ism in the book and Big Banks. Donald Trump…
Part of the fallout from a President-Elect Trump ascendancy is the rise in the word “racist”, which I find fascinating because most of the people using it above mean are white people. When the election was still unfurling, it wasn’t as common as it is now, a week after The Purge of 2016. It’s as…
Arguing with anyone from the newly formed Give Trump a Chance crew is pointless for a lot of reasons, but in great part because they’re going to blame you for everything wrong that goes whether you do anything or not. Whether or not you engage them, whether or not you talk to them, whether or…
