This Week's Writing 9/13/25

Find the kitty.

Cluttered week, but Eustacia has still found a place to nap.

Here’s what I wrote this week.

Politics

Trump dreams of making Chicago a colony. (Public Notice)

Democrats must reverse all Trump policies. Yes, that one too. (EIH)

Ds should demand the head of RFK in the budget battle. (EIH)

Pritzker scares Trump away. (EIH)

Whitewashing Charlie Kirk promotes political violence. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

The Long Walk shows how fascism is intertwined with our narratives of heroism. (Chicago Reader)

Poetry

Writer’s Flow

It is hard to write
with a stomach virus.

It all comes out unformed.