EXCERPTED FROM “How The Revolution Started: Essays & Impertinent Thoughts “(Eggy Press). “Daddy!” “Welcome home from school, honey. How was your day, little girl? Did you learn a lot in Fourth Grade?” “Yes, Daddy. I did.” “Like?” “Our teacher talked about the savages who were living here way back when before normal Americans discovered America....
We have two friends who don’t know each other and couldn’t be more unlike. One identifies as a “progressive” concerned with social, economic and environmental justice. The other identifies as a capitalist-libertarian concerned with immigration and security. The second friend, call him “S,” has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump from the start of...
Hope RekindledThis past week has given us more hope for our diseased republic than any other time in 50+ years of paying attention. Observing and participating in a long-overdue peaceful uprising, occupying the streets, feeling the righteous energy of people of all ages, colors, faiths, and wealth (or lack thereof), has…
Alien invasion! Earth occupied by creatures far smarter than humans! Thousands of years of civilization rendered irrelevant! Cory Finley’s movie adaptation of M.T. Anderson’s novel Landscape with Invisible Hand accomplishes the impressive feat of being simultaneously incisive/critical/instructive and entertaining/funny/touching. While the film is ultimately a scathing indictment of colonialism, capitalism, and artificial intelligence, the action...
