Politics

A Soviet propaganda image and its translated message thanking Stalin for a happy childhood.

Carl Sagan’s tools for critical thinking offer a framework for questioning political claims and appeals to authority.

A brief recommendation of Rebecca Solnit’s essay on Donald Trump, privilege, and isolation.

Interpreting Trump’s dismissal of James Comey through the author’s view of Trump’s persistent personal self-interest.

A critique of claims that protesters are paid, examining the inconsistent treatment of money and legitimacy in politics.

A satirical proposal for a Twitter bot that translates Donald Trump’s tweets into Russian.

Observations on everyday life, culture, healthcare, and politics after moving from Minnesota to Canada.

A response to Trump’s proposed elimination of federal arts and humanities endowments, drawing on Edna St. Vincent Millay’s poetry.

What I learned from a month without routine news consumption and with strict limits on social media.

Lessons from opposition to Silvio Berlusconi suggest resisting Trump through issues and principles rather than personality.