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The older, richer, more cynical dog offered counsel to the younger, greener, more idealistic dog, and I sat in my car and listened and heard the words of every adult I knew in that senior dog, and I knew I was the younger dog. I dreaded becoming his jaded, hopeless

The United States has had one constant story about itself: That it is, above all else, a land of opportunity. A true meritocracy. Anyone, regardless of where you come from, has the same opportunity to climb the metaphorical social ladder through hard work, talent, and merit. While meritocracy may seem

I like to imagine chronically online Republican staffers in frenzied meetings with lawmakers, begging and pleading with them to use the barely-coded power of “woke” in every social media post and cable TV interview and stump speech and press release and congressional address. Keep saying woke, these internet-addicted staffers say,

There’s too much good TV for there to be a real, all-out Second American Civil War. Until the never-ending stream of fantastic shows – and movies and video games and whatever other media serves as your soma – dries up, there will be no war between brothers (and sisters). No matter

We see it every day and don’t notice it. In our digital lives, where Twitter Blue offers to artificially inflate your reach, for a monthly fee. On vacation with our families, where theme parks allow you to skip long lines, for a price. In our political lives, where bad

It's going to be so fucking sweet to see the right wing's best-laid plans go to shit in Wisconsin. Liberal justices on Tuesday night took control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the first time since 2008. Janet Protasiewicz’s runaway victory over crybaby right-wing judge

You would think providing food for children would be a bipartisan issue, or even a nonpolitical one. You would, of course, be wrong about this. Making sure kids get food every day was the goal of Minnesota Democrats when they took it upon themselves to pass legislation providing free school