thoughts of an average man
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. bodyslamned a man in a Twinkie costume. He called out Dunkin’. He went after Froot Loops. He is on a national road show promoting dietary guidelines and taking on seed oils and ultraprocessed food. Two thirds of Americans of both parties support him. The movement has a name — Make America … Read more
While Trump is busy negotiating a watered-down Iran deal to end a war he started, here is a useful exercise for anyone who voted for him twice: name one problem he solved. Take your time. He promised to end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. It is still going. He promised to lower prices on … Read more
The United States government published an official list of real religions. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — 17 million Americans, the fourth largest Christian denomination in the country — was not on it. Jehovah’s Witnesses made the cut. Mormons did not. The government has officially ruled that 17 million American Christians are … Read more
The rats know something the captain Trump won’t admit. More than one in eight members of Congress have announced they will not seek reelection in 2026. Thirty-six House Republicans are walking away. Seven Republican senators are not coming back — the most Senate retirements from one party since 2012. Mitch McConnell is gone. Thom Tillis … Read more
If Christianity Is So Compelling, Why Do They Need Laws to Enforce It? That is the question the Christian right cannot answer. So it stopped trying. Christianity has been losing Americans for fifty years. The share of adults identifying as Christian has fallen from about 78 percent to roughly 63 percent over the past two … Read more
Christian nationalism wrote the laws. Women are dying under them. That is not a political opinion. It is a documented fact with names attached. Amber Thurman. Josseli Barnica. Emily Waldorf. Three women. Three states. Three encounters with the same ideology translated into law and enforced in hospital rooms by lawyers overruling doctors. One died. Two … Read more
Donald Trump has promised everything and delivered nothing but chaos. Wars without exit strategies. Financial hardship without a way out. Immigration policies tearing families apart. He spent ten years promising a healthcare plan that never came. The plan is always coming. It is never here. This is not a healthcare story. It is a Trump … Read more
If abortion is murder, then 92% of Americans support murder. That is not a talking point. That is the logical conclusion of the argument. Only 8% of Americans believe abortion should be illegal in all cases. That is the only position consistent with calling it murder. Murder does not have exceptions. Murder does not have … Read more
The Bible says: Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. The Bible did not say beware of the wolves outside the church. It said beware of the wolves inside it — the ones wearing the costume, carrying the flag, and asking for your vote in the … Read more
Donald Trump is using Nineteen Eighty-Four as a playbook. Not a metaphor. Not a loose comparison. An operational guide to holding power by controlling reality itself. George Orwell published the book in 1949 as a warning. Somewhere along the way Trump received it as an instruction manual. The United States just bombed Iran. Before it … Read more