Whiteness, technology, and the cult of progress.
Who Is Allowed to Criticize America?
Apparently, the answer is white, straight Christians only.
Apparently, the answer is white, straight Christians only.
Checking Privilege (While Not Being an A-Hole)
Hard learned lessons from the race war.
Hard learned lessons from the race war.
Straight Pride and Other B.S.
Reflections on the absurdity of privileged rage.
Reflections on the absurdity of privileged rage.
Intelligence and Its Discontents
Reflections on the lies and limitations of IQ.
Reflections on the lies and limitations of IQ.
In Search of Honest Racists
Be a racist or a liar, but not both.
Be a racist or a liar, but not both.
Of Grits, Lox, and the SAT
Breakfast at a Tulsa Waffle House and the trouble with standardized tests.
Breakfast at a Tulsa Waffle House and the trouble with standardized tests.
Missing the Target
Mass shootings and the absurdity of arming teachers.
Mass shootings and the absurdity of arming teachers.
It’s Not the ‘60s Anymore (And Perhaps It Never Was)
The lessons and limits of progressive nostalgia.
The lessons and limits of progressive nostalgia.
Not Neo…Just Plain Nazis
Jedeophobia and scientific illiteracy on the far right.
Jedeophobia and scientific illiteracy on the far right.
Make America Historically Literate (For the First Time)
Nostalgia and mis-remembering as a national pastime.
Nostalgia and mis-remembering as a national pastime.
Who’s the Snowflake Now?
Holding up a mirror to white pathology (and fragility).
Holding up a mirror to white pathology (and fragility).
Anatomy of a Smear
Or, bearing false witness in the service of conservatism.
Or, bearing false witness in the service of conservatism.
You May Not Be Racist, But Your Political Ideology Is
A friendly, only mildly snarky letter to a white conservative.
A friendly, only mildly snarky letter to a white conservative.
When the Terrorists Smile and Even Say They Love You
Christianity, anti-Semitism, and growing up Jewish in the Bible Belt.
Christianity, anti-Semitism, and growing up Jewish in the Bible Belt.
Breaking Inequity: What the Right Gets Wrong About Equal Opportunity
“The problem with liberals…” is all the subject line of the email said.
“The problem with liberals…” is all the subject line of the email said.