Howard Chandler Christy, Oil on canvas, 20' x 30', 1940, Architect of the Capitol. Stephen Taylor riffs on "The State of the Union is Grim" with a much better post,.
Stasi-Museum, (c) Stasi Museum/ASTAK, John Steer In May of 2022, the Department of Homeland Security tried to stand up a group to coordinate government anti-disinformation efforts. As Deepa Shivaram wrote.
Source: The Economist, Global Democracy Index, 2025 I haven't been doing due diligence in following news in other countries, in large part because developments in the United States exhaust so.
Life In Hell, Matt Groening, 1977-2012Source: https://beforeikick.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/lifeinhell.jpg?w=296 Karen Attiah just announced that she was dismissed from The Washington Post. As she writes at her Substack: As the founding Global Opinions.
I don’t know if we have any readers who are based in or around Kansas City, Missouri, but I’ll be giving the 33rd annual Dr. Jerzy Hauptmann Distinguished Guest Lecture.
Ken Dilanian on X: Since nothing goes without saying anymore—it is not normal for the FBI to fire experienced and accomplished senior leaders without explanation. The purge that is ongoing.
That's been obvious to the rest of us for a very, very long time. But I suspect Pedophilegate may be an inflection point for at least some of his supporters..
The Player of Games is a staple of my "Science Fiction and Politics" syllabus. I've guided discussions of the book at least ten times. So I'll just say this: when.
