The Political Theater of the Trump Trial

Lucid, May 30, 2024 Day after day they appeared, many of them dressed in dark suits and red ties, in homage to their leader. They came from Washington D.C. or from the states that had sent them to Congress to do damage control and prop up a personality cult that...

The Permanent Counterrevolution

The New Republic, May 16, 2024 “Does fascism intend to restore state authority or subvert it? Is it order or disorder? Can you be conservatives and subversives at the same time?” Six months before the March on Rome in October 1922, when Benito Mussolini was the head...

Russian Victories in Ukraine: An Avoidable Tragedy

Lucid, May 15, 2024 It’s been a while since I wrote about the situation in Ukraine, and this post builds on the writing I have done on Russia’s imperialist war, from an early hope that Vladimir Putin’s invasion would “be a game-changer for democracy,” to...