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Are Red Scares Not as Scary Anymore?
There is a popular saying: History does not always repeat itself but it often rhymes. Like other scholars and commentators, I look to history to orient…
Aug 15
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Gender Affirming Care, the Military and the Manosphere
Since taking control of Congress in 2025, Republicans have launched relentless attacks on doctors who provide gender affirming care.
Aug 8
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Monsters, Coyotes and Other Native Tales of Resistance
Part I
Aug 1
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July 2026
Conversations with an Activist Friend on His Way to a Federal Prison
This is a sad week for many of us here in Portland, Oregon.
Jul 25
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Losing Our Religion
Many people are losing their religion these days.
Jul 18
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How Big Is Our Tent? Is It Too Big or Not Big Enough??
I have always loved the political metaphor of the big tent.
Jul 11
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The Sewer Socialists v. the Crony Capitalists: Who Can Drain the Swamp?
In this week’s Substack, American socialists take on the job of clean governance, followed by my imaginary clinical intervention with the President.
Jul 2
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June 2026
AI Stories and the Selling of Possible Futures
Artificial intelligence began as a story of a clean technology, with supercomputers ushering in an economic era of clean capitalism.
Jun 25
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PTSD, Politics, and America’s Troubled Veterans of the Left and the Right
Many pundits express surprise – even disgust – that media stories of Graham Platner’s history of problematic behavior failed to discourage Maine…
Jun 18
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Queer Pride, the Quiet (Trans) and the Loud (Drag)
There is a blunt edge to attacks in the US on LGBTQ+ people and their rights.
Jun 11
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The Protectors v. the Predators: The Case Against Meta
In our Left & the Law segment on KBOO Community Radio on June 8th, 2026, attorney Mike Snedeker and I take up two recent civil suits against Meta…
Jun 4
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May 2026
Mourning, Melancholia and Politics
Melancholia is a term associated with depression.
May 28
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