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We Are Drowning In Propaganda

We Are Drowning In Propaganda

My dad, during our daily phone conversations based mostly on the day’s sports happenings, never fails to mention Something He Saw Online Today. This something, he always prefaces, may or may not be real. It’s probably fake. But it seems sorta real, and it was shared on his

This Week In Bad Faith

This Week In Bad Faith

I’ve wanted to write a wrap-up sort of column for a while now. I consume a lot of news – grinding my molars listening to NPR on the way to the kids’ school and reading the New York Times and Washington Post until I become one with my existential terror

The Infrastructure of a Bad-Faith Political Attack

The Infrastructure of a Bad-Faith Political Attack

Lawmakers, media outlets, scientific journals, everyday folks: They’re all starting to recognize the mountain of bad faith that is the anti-abortion movement. Hopefully, it’s not too late. Since the radically right-wing Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, there’s been a burgeoning consciousness that the entire

Raising Men in the Manosphere

Raising Men in the Manosphere

The date was April 28, 2009. I didn't realize it at the time but this would be the date my life truly began. I wasn't there for the birth of my oldest son, who is technically my stepson though I’ve never seen a difference between

The Conditioning Of The American Right

The Conditioning Of The American Right

The funniest part of Tucker Carlson going all the way to Russia to visit a grocery store is that he’s definitely never shopped at an American grocery store. The living embodiment of the country club Republican – the heir of William Buckley’s New England-style fascism, so prim and proper

Bad Faith Has Moved The Overton Window on Immigration

Bad Faith Has Moved The Overton Window on Immigration

This is an election year, so you know what that means: It’s time to demonize the hell out of immigrants and freak out about migrants at the Southern border. Republicans' newest stab is the proposed “bipartisan” Senate bill put forward by Senators Lankford, Sinema, and Murphy, tying military

The Politics of The Cool Dad

The Politics of The Cool Dad

I’m going to break some news here and tell you human beings don’t like to be critiqued. I once coached a flag football team that included kids with various degrees of athletic experience and prowess, and quickly learned (the hard way) that my messaging to these children had