This Week's Writing 6/28/25

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Here’s what I wrote this week:

Politics

Trump’s Iran strikes are dangerous for the world…but also for him. (Public Notice)

Charles Sumner: Of His Time. (EIH)

Has social media led to fascism? Charles Sumner says, no. (EIH)

An interview with progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

But I’m a Cheerleader skewers christofascist camp. (EIH)

A panel discussion on the pros and cons of substack. (EIH)

Poetry

A brutally honest poem about lawn care. (Five Fleas)

Please Do Not Call The Cops On Our Lawn

The long grass waves because
we have not cut the long grass.

The neighbors are irritated but the bees
are bobbing like idle balloons

amidst the weeds. Grow where you will,
grass, over the sidewalk and the dog poop

and the neighbors’ angry stares. We are
bad neighbors but the grass

hides rabbits and many faults
in its mute and shaggy dance.