Hundreds of thousands of articles will be written this week trying to explain what happened in the 2016 US presidential election. One of the best… Read More »Trump’s victory and the rise of insurrectionism in America
I spent yesterday in Bogota, Colombia, as the invited guest of the Premio Nacional de Periodismo Simón BolÃvar, offering a speech on the future of… Read More »What happens when mistrust wins – my speech at the Colombian national journalism prize
Reading Facebook before bed last night, amidst the Halloween costumes and candy haul photos, I saw this headline: “How to choose between the most corrupt,… Read More »This crazy election: Denial of Service attacks on Democracy
After the last presidential debate, I wrote on Twitter that the whole experience had left me wanting to take a shower… in sulfuric acid. Looking… Read More »Dumpsterfire 2016: What To Do When You Have No Idea What To Do
I have not been writing much about my divorce on this blog – I’ve kept most of that discussion on Facebook. I thought this post,… Read More »Going Solo – On hating and accepting change
Yesterday, prisoners around the US began a strike protesting unpaid, underpaid and forced labor. Maybe. We think. Led by prisoners in Alabama and Texas, incarcerated… Read More »Massive National Prison Strike! Maybe. We don’t know. That’s a problem.