A personal weblog of radical social commentary.
I nuzzle the kind, bark at the greedy and bite scoundrels.
High-signal feed: projects and full-length essays.
An anecdotal introduction to the continuum-forming typology of begging as a dialectical model for understanding the structure of late capitalist economy.
I wasted an entire month reading about and writing down some thoughts on the first forty days of President Trump's reign. "The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion."
A hyperlinked transcription of James Huneker's "Ideas of Max Stirner" as it was published in the New York Times on April 20, 1907. Includes some introductory notes and my thoughts on Huneker's use of the term "Socialism".
On the difference between democratic socialism and social democracy, the future of capitalism, and the socialist response to the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign.
An overly simplified theory of the relationship between slavery, Mormon cooperatives, and capitalism with application to some interesting events in American history.
Includes less-finished essays and shorter commentary.
A review of a friend's book and some thoughts on hell.
I ran the 2018 Evergreen Town Race 10K.
On the inverse relationship that seems to hold between the degree to which police are armed and the heroics of their actions.
Pessimistic quotes by four thinkers on the [in]ability of capitalism to put technology to good use.
My most charitable thoughts about a local church which hosted a massive memorial service for a police officer.
Interesting things found on the web.