Playing Chicken with the Global Elite

The powers that be have determined the shutdown hurts you (evil white middle class America) more than it hurts them. Thus the increasingly partisan debate over shutdowns. I wanted to argue there’s a cost in mortality to such as the depression we’re foisting on ourselves. But apparently it isn’t that clear-cut. In 2009 researchers wentContinue reading “Playing Chicken with the Global Elite”

When the masks go on, the Mask comes off

The Atlantic takes advantage of the present crisis to go all in: Covid-19 has emboldened American tech platforms to emerge from their defensive crouch. Before the pandemic, they were targets of public outrage over life under their dominion. Today, the platforms are proudly collaborating with one another, and following government guidance, to censor harmful informationContinue reading “When the masks go on, the Mask comes off”

"All the News that’s Irrelevant"

It’s important in these times of crisis to not forget the important things, like black women’s hair: Niani Barracks usually tends to clients at a salon in Detroit, but now that she must stay indoors because of the coronavirus pandemic, she has been running her fingers through the hair of a mannequin head affixed toContinue reading “"All the News that’s Irrelevant"”

Straight From the Horse’s Mouthpiece

This is an opinion piece from an editorial board member and not an actual editorial in Bloomberg News, which presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg still owns (and which is giving the Democratic field a pass to avoid having to report on his campaign), but is no doubt in perfect sync with the thinking of both Michael and Mouthpiece:Continue reading “Straight From the Horse’s Mouthpiece”