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a little bit about how i'm oriented
open.substack.com/pub/willhoug...
“Stolen Pride has an authority earned through seven years of research . . . [achieving] a kaleidoscopic effect. . . . Her compassion is tangible. The most effective of her myriad tools is simply listening to those whose life stories don’t often get heard in the national conversation.” - NYRB
“I write with experiences in mind, but I don’t write about them, I write out of them.”
– John Ashbery
"Anything I accomplish from here on out in my career, I owe and dedicate eternally to you, Augusta. And a lot of it will be done right here, on Substack."
'As a national party, the Democrats have effectively reduced themselves to a fund-raising agency. Meanwhile, much of the rank-and-file has lost any capacity for honest self-criticism.'
'Bios is a life “qualified” by political agency and participation, self-composition of the good life, citizenship, and individual articulation, whereas zoe is “bare life” defined by the animalian status of an organism without reason, without character, and, ultimately, without divinity.'
You Can't Rebrand a Class War
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/you-cant-r...
"I am not here to argue. I am here to tell you, if possible to convince you, and hopefully, to stop you, from pretentiously imposing yourselves on the rest of humanity."
coming soon to a manhattan
courtroom/theater: 'jury nullification.'
Toxic fertilizer made from sewage is contaminating American farmland. Now its makers want Congress to shield them from lawsuits.
In American culture and politics, “smart” has become a dangerous stand-in for judgments concerning self-evident moral worth. And the Democrats love to lord their so-called intelligence over the rest of the populace.
<<If Barack Obama’s victories marked the zenith of Hollywood’s political reach, with every star known to mankind basking in the Obamaian glow, Trump’s return to the White House indicates a definitive new era. The next Democratic nominee might not lust so much for pop royalty.>>
Everyone knows this. Instead of endless essays about these axiomata they should be given numbers. Axiom 1, 2, and 3, for instance. That a minimum wage does not hurt but benefits workers could be 4. That regulating food and worker safety are demonstrably good for workers could be Axiom 5.
Medicare for all would be less costly and provide better healthcare than private insurance. They don’t care.
Good schools and free college are cheaper than prisons.
They know. Peace is less expensive, and better, than war. But they want war and poverty.
It’s the source of their wealth and power.
