A Fait Accompli
The evangelical-fascist movement won an enormous victory at SCOTUS. So what do we do now?
Impossible Dreams
Revisiting Brave New World and a new perspective on dystopia
Who’s the Real Silent Majority?
Both the political right and left claim to represent most Americans… but do either?
It’s Not You. . . It’s Us
Who is to blame for the planet’s increasingly inevitable ecological collapse? I am not asking whether climate change is a product of human action or not (of course it is) — what I am asking is whether the crisis is being driven largely by corporate greed and government corruption or if we (i.e. the consumers […]
A Different Kind of Pipeline
A meditation on the failure of emergency medicine when faced with psychiatric crisis
So Much Ventured… Nothing Gained
After nearly twenty years, the Afghanistan misadventure leaves the country where it started.
Crisis Delayed, But Not Averted
A brief meditation on the legacy of Rodney King and the future after Derek Chauvin
Phantoms in the Fieldhouse
House Bill 358 — Continuing the War Against Transgender North Carolinians
Fear and Loathing in the Pandemic
A meditation on how the pandemic has challenged trust and stoked all manner of fears
Canceling the Dr. (Seuss)
Once again we face a dilemma of whether an act of censorship is another step towards racial parity, justice and inclusivity or if it is an example of political correctness running amok and ‘cancelling’ a national treasure. The subject of this debate is a decision made by Dr. Seuss Enterprises, the firm responsible for publishing […]
Antidote Notes 