This Week's Writing 7/4/26
America is old.
It’s a bleak 250th for our country. The cats remain calm though.
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Here’s what I published this week.
Politics
Trump refuses to sign the housing bill because he hates democracy. (Public Notice)
Can Democrats match Republican aggression? w/Toby Buckle (politicalphilosophypod)
The Constitution sucks. (EIH)
Centrists concede patriotism to the right. (EIH)
Cultural criticism
The Invite is a solid little sex comedy. (Splice Today)
Poet Victoria Chang rewrites the same grief in Obit. (Splice Today)
There’s only one anticop movie, and it is the Naked Gun. (EIH)
Supergirl is not terrible, but a letdown after Superman. (Chicago Reader)
Blu and Exile are still great. (Chicago Reader)
Personal
Driving my daughter everywhere. (EIH)
Poetry
The worst poem, plus one more. (Heavy Crown)
Celebrating that profound viral post. (dadakuku)
The Wisdom of Hunter Biden
LinkedIn is not just the room where it happens.
It is a meat cleaver with authentic attachments.
Small insect haiku. (Five Fleas)
an ant
in my shadow
scurries to find its shadow
