Keep asking questions

Welcome to the mess inside my head

Closing chapters, starting new books

Q1 Reflections + Transitioning RRPG

[RRPG] What's the price of loyalty?

Hirschman Part 3: the final installment

What am I missing?

What to do when your news and media "diet" has gaping holes, and why you should care

Finding worthy challenges

Staying focused on "the work" is also about fighting boredom and bullshit

So you're thinking about going to No Kings...

Questions to consider before political action

We have a Prairieland verdict. What now?

The Prairieland verdict is devastating. But the takeaway message may not be what you think it is.

Reading should be hard

In a world that shuns critical thinking, inquiry, and perspective-shifting, training your reading is a non-negotiable skill.

[RRPG] Use your voice, or exit stage left?

Part 2 of Exit, Voice, and Loyalty

When everything feels impossible

Notes from a nihilist sensibility

Part of being kind is being mean to fascists

You don't have to tolerate Nazis, actually.

A case for comparison

Why drawing distinctions and parallels is key for your political toolkit

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[RRPG] What do we do in a moment like this?

Turns out 1970s political economy has a lot to say about our political repertoires and confronting political decline

I'm glad you're here. But where have you been?

How to approach political awakenings and the newly radicalized

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Pathways to political life

Invest in your political education. Hone your political skills. Burn down the world that doesn't serve you. Build a new world that frees us all.

Flipping the script

Who's writing the story of your life, and why isn't it always you?

personal thoughts

Against all binaries

Throw out the script and be more than "this or that."

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25 for 2025

5 favorites in 5 categories to cap off the year 2025

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It's the end of December

Must be time to think about death, again.

Preparing for the darkest days

Darkness is an invitation to find out what you're made of.

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Where do you put all your anger?

Asking for a friend.

Find your political voice. Then use it.

Discourse isn't evil, and tough political conversations aren't about "reaching across the aisle"

Standing in the way of control

Or, the trap of visibility and the conundrum of putting your body on the line Listen to the essay0:00/801.0968131× In my neighborhood and adjacent neighborhoods in Chicago, there is a clear coordinated volunteer effort to provide visible symbols of community support and safety from ICE. Most obvious

Putting your Politics into Practice: A Sliding Scale Pricing Case Study

Practicing your politics is challenging: it demands that you explored your values and commitments, connected the dots between those principles and appropriate actions, and then charted a course for diligent implementation, all while contending with the million other demands on your time and energy that exist in your day-to-day life,