The popular podcaster holds some ugly reactionary views and needs to do more research before he speaks. But his audience are people that leftists should want to persuade, and trying to stifle him will likely backfire. What we need is better, more trustworthy media.

All governments lie. When the U.S. government makes serious allegations about crimes by the Russian government, we have to demand proof.

A dangerous new religious belief offers grounds for giving up on the physical world and living 100% online.

On the pain and horror concealed beneath cheerful images.

Incarceration is an evil, and it’s unconscionable to do it for the sake of employing people. We need public works projects that uplift people rather than those that increase human suffering.

Members of the press think they’re doing a good job reporting on climate change. They need to read their own publications.

It’s non-negotiable. Writers should refuse to produce uncompensated work, and publications should be shamed when they ask for it.

The radical (but common) right-wing belief that property rights trump all other rights leads inexorably to the destruction of natural wonders.