An American tourist in Russia
Lately I have noticed patterns in western right-wing and left-wing discourse and realized they’re both based on the same falsehood; an illusion of power that doesn’t actually exist. The dumbest decisions tend to be made by people with a delusion of invincibility. It is possible to see this invincibility trope on display when American conservatives … Read more
Republicans have, once again, preemptively surrendered. Spending for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan all went through this weekend, as well as approval for more Iran sanctions and the “TikTok ban.” In return, Republicans got nothing at all. Not a dime went to sealing our own border. In exchange for selling out his own voters, the speaker … Read more
An Adventure in Barbaric Russia So tonight I drank too much and ended up on an adventure. I met a Frenchman I know from my Russian classes at a little pub in Moscow, and afterward we walked toward the Metro. He wanted to go to a station 20 minutes away, but I happened to remember … Read more
