Follow the money. — With the Taliban racing through Afghanistan with breakneck speed, toppling the government in just days (not months as most intel suspected), Americans are coming to grips with the stunning failure that was the Afghanistan War. There have been some classically bad hot takes in the past week. Republicans have lined…

It wasn’t the jail, or the food, or the money. It was the system. — Unless alcohol is not at all your scene, chances are you know at least one or two people with a DUI. They’re pretty easy to come by. The second one is a little harder to come by, but with the wrong attitude, minimal effort, and some poor choices, even that…

“All of this for a virus that has a 99.98% survival rate”, they say as a rebuke of any reasonable response to the pandemic that has raged… — “All of this for a virus that has a 99.98% survival rate”, they say as a rebuke of any reasonable response to the pandemic that has raged on since March. It didn’t take long to notice just how many Americans were, pardon the brevity, piss poor at understanding risk. …

Think liberals will give up after Biden? Good — use it against them to shape the future. — I’m what is considered a ‘radical leftist’ in American discourse. I am called that, so far as I can see, because I dare suggest that any system or idea has both aspects worthy of merit and of critique. …

To not retaliate is to give up on democracy, and give in to authoritairan rule. — There is perhaps no better year to quote The Joker: “And here. We. Go.” As if the 2020 election could not get any more sensational, the passing of the great Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has thrown an already divided nation into ideological chaos just weeks before the election. …

There is no such thing as a good cop. — Note: This article was cut down from five examples to three for conciseness. It appears Medium is displaying the old title. There is no such thing as a good cop. Tensions between American citizens and police departments across the country continue to be tense. Many citizens are removing their consent…

Enough is enough. All Americans must stand against Donald Trump. — It takes a lot to get me out of bed at 5 in the morning. No article idea is urgent enough that it can’t wait until tomorrow. But this is, excuse my well justified language, utterly fucking insane. The Team Trump Facebook page is running an ad that calls for…

Don’t look now, but America could be plunging into her darkest hours. — Don’t look now, but America could be plunging into our darkest hours. Usually quite the pessimist, I’ve found myself flipping to finding optimism in a dark time. …

What do Eric Garner, George Floyd & Rayshard Brooks have in common? — What do Eric Garner, George Floyd & Rayshard Brooks have in common? Sure, all of them were black, and killed by police. But every one of their interactions with police started with the investigation of a misdemeanor crime. Eric Garner was selling cigarettes. Michael Brown had stolen a pack of…