The Phony War

While the popular narrative of intractable intergenerational conflict between baby boomers and millennials (and, to a lesser extent, Gen Z) makes for juicy social media fodder and profitable internet clickbait, the constant bickering only obscures the reality that both generations are being fucked over by the same system. It is true, as millennials often point […]

An Insult to Lawmakers

Calling SB 430 a “bill” insults the North Carolina General Assembly and the voters who sent Senators Moffit, Settle and Hanig to Raleigh. The text for their proposal to “eliminate participation trophies” in youth sports barely qualifies as a sentence and it’s curmudgeonly tone seems far more at home on an internet troll’s Twitter feed […]