Exhale

November 8, 2020 By Adam Lee

I’ll write more next week, after I’ve had more time to process. But for now, this says it all: JOE BIDEN DEFEATS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP The Associated Press declares Joe Biden the winner of a grueling campaign for the American presidency. He will lead a polarized nation through a historic collision of health, economic and social crises. #APracecall pic.twitter.com/lInwqjX3PB— The Associated Press (@AP) November 7, 2020 BREAKING: JOE BIDEN WINSJoe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States,… Read more

Friday Night Music: Turntables

November 7, 2020 By Adam Lee

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The networks still haven’t called it, but a victory for Joe Biden is reaching the point of inevitability. It’s time to start celebrating, and I can’t think of a better anthem than this one from Janelle Monáe: What’s your favorite celebratory song? Read more

Commonwealth, II.XIV: Non-Conformists in Utopia

November 6, 2020 By Adam Lee

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To survive and thrive, a society must allow latitude for unorthodoxy. Read more

Election Meditations 2020

November 3, 2020 By Adam Lee

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My co-author Jim Haught has penned his thoughts on tomorrow’s election, and I’d like to do the same. This is the day we’ve been anticipating and dreading. If we win, we’ll end the nightmare of the last four years and start America on the long and difficult road to redemption. The other possibility is an orgy of corruption and cruelty far worse than what we’ve already witnessed. When I contemplate those possibilities, I feel hope and fear balanced in almost… Read more

Possible Election Headlines

November 2, 2020 By James A. Haught

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By James A. Haught In the classic movie “Citizen Kane,” a ruthless newspaper tycoon runs for high political office. In advance, his publishing chain prepares two possible alternative headlines for the morning after the election. One crows: “Kane Wins.” But that doesn’t occur, so papers switch to the other: “Fraud at the Polls.” Well, I have two possible headlines ready for after Tuesday’s election. My hoped-for one says: “White Evangelicals Fail to Re-Elect Trump.” But if the dismal alternative happens,… Read more

Commonwealth, II.XIII: Affordable Extravagances

October 30, 2020 By Adam Lee

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In the Pacific Republic, there are luxuries that make life more pleasant, but none that waste space or energy or devastate the earth. Read more

Does Civilization Require Patriarchy?

October 28, 2020 By Adam Lee

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Natalist religious conservatives are in a panic over falling birth rates, but can’t conceive of any solution other than wagging their fingers harder at young women. Read more