This is ostensibly what I do.
My nickel is on a Harris win, very possibly with room to spare. But to preface today’s remarks with some context: This could be the closest presidential election since 1876 A lot of state poll results show ties. So are they tied because of voters — or pollsters? There...
“No Outside Food” At Movie Theaters Is A Racist Policy.
It just is. There was an article in The Guardian about movie theater pricing that triggered some PTSD flashbacks. The sensationalism of the theater economy slowly collapsing is fun to watch and makes for a better show, but it’s always worth shining a light on how theater companies can...
On the Day After- The Left’s Plan Takes Shape
The abbreviated campaign season afforded to Kamala Harris due to the late exit of Joe Biden – and of course the exit of the frontrunner after all but securing the nomination – creates two immediate needs for the Harris campaign. The first they have already attended to, in securing...
A New Landscape, But On Old Ground: Harris v. Trump
There is every possibility that Joe Biden would have been able to beat Donald Trump. His miserable performance in the debate made that outcome less definite to be sure, but it did not erase the possibility entirely. Prior to the debate, my certain prediction was that Trump would lose....
My Superhero Name is Unpopular Opinionman*
Watching The Daily Show and Last Week Tonight, there’s a visceral thrill in seeing the moral centers of the Left going into a very me-like rage mode at the state of the world. The sense that the universe is catching up, that reality is catching on, that words can...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’s Antisemitic Dad And Why Anyone Listens To His Crap.
You never know who you’re talking to on the internet. That profile picture, that bio, AI isn’t even the boogeyman here- a simple copy-paste may have created a cypher and left you to personify it. And even if that person is real, and is who they claim to be,...
(Pols499) Gunning For Votes: Finding Connections Between Campaign Funding and Congressional Support.
My last semester at CSUCI was the first semester of lockdown, and those months got pretty weird. My sense of time got all mushed- that spring break lasted a solid month, basically. Then I had to spend the rest of the semester recovering from dissociating so hard. My capstone...
DRAFT National Security in the Years Before Covid, and After Donald
I have this egotistic conception of myself as a writer, offering up my voice to the National Conversation. Which is nutty but whatever. I read these ‘think’ pieces from knowledgeable people, and sometimes they make sense. Sometimes they draw upon a broad slice of reality, and present conclusions that...
Deconstructing For The Chain Gang: from ‘Raisin in the Sun’ to ‘Clybourne Park’
I had an elective requirement to fill during that last semester, and it was almost a crisis. I wasn’t able to register until several weeks after the window opened (the housing dept was insisting I cough up $6k for a dorm I’d never occupied, pure theft), so I’d already...
Pols335 Essay 5: And That’s a Wrap.
I skipped over a question set from this module, the responses for Wag the Dog. The movie was only ok, and the writing didn’t really add anything to the experience so I gave it a pass. I’m liking the writing here though. “At least he’s not doing drugs” lol....