Notes On A Nightmare #3: A Disturbing Turn in Right-Wing Thought
“What if, instead of free healthcare and a guaranteed income, we just let the virus run rampant and kill a lot of people?”
Where Is Joe?
Biden has failed completely to show leadership during a crisis. There is no excuse for it.
Notes on a Nightmare #2: Suffering and Politics
Why this is so terrifying and how the existing political response is failing us.
Notes on a Nightmare #1: The Virus and Us
Trying to get to grips with what has happened.
It’s Not “Ecofascism”—It’s Liberalism
On the newfangled term “ecofascism,” and how it lets plain old racist liberals off the hook.
Oil Age
How one commodity explains the rise of our modern age…and now threatens to destroy it.
LIVE-DRAWING THE MARCH 15TH DEBATE
The Ides of March and a genuine plague have fallen upon us. Let us add to these terrible omens a Democratic primary debate moderated by….Jake Tapper.
The Politics of Emergencies
What exactly is an “emergency” and how do we imagine it?