This Week's Writing 2/1/26
everything remains horrible
The cat is happy; the rest of us not so much? But this is what I published this week.
Politics
Trump’s lies are a tactic to build fascist power. (Public Notice)
Contra Chris Hedges, Trump is not righteous retribution. (EIH)
Bovino’s demotion is a win. (EIH)
ICE is going to murder more people. (EIH)
Cultural Criticism
Soderbergh’s most self indulgent film is pretty great. (Splice Today)
Falling in love with the wrong death metal band. (EIH)
Poetry
I wrote a little elegy for my friend the philosopher Helen De Cruz. (Eunoia Review)
From the Archives
Epstein Coverage Largely Ignores Trump’s Assault on E. Jean Carroll
Thanks to his own enormously bad judgement, and his inability to keep his mouth shut, President Donald Trump’s longtime relationship with financier and convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is finally getting blanket press coverage. The Wall Street Journal
