I run an EDC x220 in Linux Mint with wonky feet so I bought a thick natural veggie tanned leather rectangle to act as a portable desk pad. It’s weird and quirky but it works for me and I thought it might be amusing to see my hack.
Chris Abraham
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Does "democracy" simply mean "the American way of life, the American Experiment?" And, why not just say that?
When someone says “white Christian nationalism is an existential threat to democracy,” I can’t evaluate it without definitions, because two different accusations get blurred into one slogan. First: what do they mean by white Christian nationalism? Do they mean a specific ideology …
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When someone says “white Christian nationalism threatens democracy,” define terms. Do they mean an ideology of Christian-state dominance and unequal citizenship, or “white/Christian/patriotic” as a smear? And is “democracy” just voting, or the American way of life (rights/limits)?
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The Constitution isn’t a Marvel force field. It protects your rights in court, after the fact. In the moment, physics still applies. Police still act. Crowds still react. If you step into confrontation, you’re stepping into real risk. Rights don’t make you bulletproof.
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I just bought her novel A Better Life and think she’s fascinating. She’s spot on.
Lionel Shriver explains why men and women differ so greatly in their opinions on immigration policy. youtube.com/watch
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I want to believe! youtube.com/watch
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This War is Only About Stimulating the Economy
My admittedly bombastic theory is that Trump’s policy pivots aren’t random. They look like a sequence of economic levers designed to keep the U.S. economy humming long enough to avoid being the president holding the bag when the global slowdown arrives. Start with tariffs. …
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Trump keeps pulling economic levers to avoid being the guy in charge when the slowdown hits. Tariffs get blocked. Deportations get injunctions. So he pivots to the one lever courts can’t easily stop: defense spending. Burn through munitions, replenish stockpiles, keep factories humming.
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Both Biden & Trump Stole the Steal!
What fascinates me about the last two elections is the perfect symmetry. After the 2020 election, millions of Republicans were convinced the system had been manipulated. The arguments focused on mail-in ballots, counting procedures, and suspicious activity in places like Arizona, …
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In 2020 Republicans said Biden’s win was stolen. In 2024 Democrats say Musk, algorithms, or mysterious irregularities must explain Trump. If both sides think the other side’s win is illegitimate, that probably means the system is working. A real contest leaves the loser furious. Chef’s kiss.
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Until this Lent, I had never heard the Litany of Humility
It appeared as the prayer of the day on the very first day of the Lenten season, and it honestly caught me by surprise. The words are disarmingly direct. Line after line asks to be freed from the desire to be praised, admired, preferred, consulted, or even noticed. Then it goes …
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I had never heard the Litany of Humility before this Lent. It showed up as the opening prayer on the first day, and it stopped me in my tracks. Since then I’ve been revisiting it once a week with the Serenity Prayer. In a noisy world, it’s become a quiet way to reset my compass.
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Excellent “fashionable body dysmorphia” historical primer.
Hollywood beauty standards have always shifted — but the speed of the change lately feels different youtube.com/watch
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Apply for some credit cards and maybe I’ll get some money i.capitalone.com/JYwx3xOv7
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Whoever humbles himself will be exalted
One thing the Lenten readings keep circling back to is pride. Not the cartoon version of pride that shows up as obvious arrogance, but the quieter form that sits underneath so many human problems. According to the tradition, the first sin in Eden wasn’t violence or cruelty. It …
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One thing the Lenten readings keep circling back to is pride. The first sin in Eden wasn’t violence or cruelty. It was the quiet belief that we knew better than God. Christ answers that impulse not with power but with humility, service, and mercy. The path upward, strangely, runs downward.
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Bridget Phetasy breaks down the weekend’s military operations and the bizarre explosion of AI-generated meme warfare that followed. youtube.com/watch
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I mean what does that T-shirt even mean?
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America Does Not Go Abroad in Search of Monsters to Destroy
I wrote this on February 14, 2005, but it’s as true now as it’s ever been.
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I want to believe! “Studying UFOs Changes You!” - Diana Pasulka youtube.com/watch