Tell the Truth Until You Can't: Political Kayfabe, Heel Heat, and the Golden-Age Promo
63 percent disapproved of Trump on the economy. He kept cutting the promo.
Politics
Essays on U.S. politics, political philosophy, media diets, and institutions. Expect sourced arguments, not vibes.
He Can't Have It Both Ways: Elon Musk's Abundance Rhetoric and His Real Priorities
AI will make money irrelevant, he says. Forbes ranks him among the least generous.
The Theory That Cannot Fail: Curtis Yarvin's Autocracy Got Its Trial Run
DOGE promised $2 trillion and claimed $110 billion. Most of it could not be verified.
When the Camera Says You're Guilty: How AI Surveillance Inverts the Presumption of Innocence
Hugo Parra spent nearly a month in jail. Flock's data put the car five miles away.