Impeachment Time: Why We Can’t Wait
Whether or not it was illegal, Donald Trump’s volunteering of top secret intelligence to the spymaster of a hostile government was a clear violation of his oath of office. For a top government official...
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Saving America’s Democracy
“If deliberate, it would be treason.” – Elliot Cohen Update: As of 5/15/17, multiple credible sources are reporting that Trump volunteered top secret information to a Russian spymaster, endangering a critical American source of...
Jordan Edwards: This Life Mattered
The story, in general outline, has been so oft repeated it’s easy to dismiss or overlook: Unarmed black teenager shot and killed by police officer. The facts and images in this particular case make...
Reconstructivist Art: Maus
Repost: Art Spiegelman’s Maus (1980 – 1991) as an example of Reconstructivist Art Comic book writer-illustrator Art Spiegelman is known for his transgressive, acid-tinged experimental comics in the 1970’s, and for his gleefully crude,...
Mind the Rap
Repost: Originally from July 17, 2014 The free Amazon music samplers are one of the great hidden treasures of the internet. There, buried deep on their digital downloads page is a link to literally...
Context is Everything: This is Us
One of the least understood impacts of technology on modernity is the way it alters context, and the way that, in turn, shapes how we construct meaning. When viewing (for example) your Facebook Feed,...
Some of my best friends are Blackish
In the course of any cross-cultural relationship, there comes an inevitable crisis point, where actual cultural differences and differences in experience become significant. This crisis point can be particularly acute when there are underlying...
Reconstructivist Art: Thru You
Note: This is a repost originally from 2010. Kutiman’s “Thru You” as an example of Reconstructivist Art YouTube debuted in 2005, an online public forum for people to share their own homemade videos. It...
The New Black Cinema: Moonlight
My wife had one major concern going into Moonlight. “Is it going to be ‘gay Precious‘?” For the record, I was a fan of Precious, the Oscar nominated story of an obese black teenager...
Reconstructivist Art: Unstill Lives
The works of contemporary artist Jason Godeke as an example of Reconstructivist Art. Originally posted September 2007. Artist Jason Godeke has a distinctive and recognizable oeuvre centered around paintings of toys and figurines, posed...
2018: Moral / Victory
The utility of having an American presidential administration that unites a astonishingly wide spectrum of vices –on a scale ranging from high crimes to misdemeanors, and in genres including xenophobia, crudeness, venality and basic...
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