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Construction Workers Are Not Disposable

April 29, 2020

In case you haven’t been paying attention to the news these last few weeks, things are pretty fucked up. Not …

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From AIDS to Corona, Silence=Death

April 1, 2020

In his book The Return of the Real: The Avant-Garde at the End of the Century, American art critic Hal …

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If fear is their lifeblood, why didn’t Trump and the Republican Party embrace the Coronavirus?

March 19, 2020

Do you remember the migrant caravans? How can you not, right? You barely escaped with your life! In 2018 and …

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If Only Elizabeth Warren Would Sit Down and Shut Up — Then She Would Be Perfect!

March 8, 2020

Telemachus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer’s Odyssey. The first four books of the Odyssey focus on …

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When Dave Chappelle tried to make a room full of people laugh at me, it backfired, and they laughed at him. But I’m not laughing.

December 23, 2019

Yesterday, I had lunch with a good friend at a restaurant in New York that shares a bathroom with the …

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Why We Need To Put Pizzazz in Impeachment (and Rebuild America’s Educational System)

November 17, 2019

Shortly after the world changed on November 8, 2016, one of my no-longer-friends enthusiastically declared that we finally had a …

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Tarantino’s Love Letter to Trump

August 2, 2019

During his 2016 Presidential campaign, Donald Trump recycled a campaign slogan used several times before (by Ronald Reagan and Bill …

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How Madonna Became Gaga (and Gaga Became Stefani)

June 27, 2019

In 2010, Camille Paglia wrote an essay for The Sunday Times entitled “What’s Sex Got To Do With It?” Despite …

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Not Ready to Make Nice

June 1, 2019

I was told not to write this. I was told not to “pick a fight.” I was told to be …

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“Mom, I am a rich man.”

April 18, 2019

I have daddy issues. My father was detached and disinterested (at best) for most of my childhood and adolescence before …

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  • Haunted Homes [excerpt] December 17, 2020
    The following is an excerpt from my forthcoming book Haunted Homes, out Spring 2021 via Rutgers University Press. “Even serial …Continue reading →
  • Construction Workers Are Not Disposable April 29, 2020
    In case you haven’t been paying attention to the news these last few weeks, things are pretty fucked up. Not …Continue reading →
  • From AIDS to Corona, Silence=Death April 1, 2020
    In his book The Return of the Real: The Avant-Garde at the End of the Century, American art critic Hal …Continue reading →
  • Pandemics, Contagion, and Fear, part 4 March 27, 2020
    Over the next few days (weeks?), I will post excerpts from my book Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of …Continue reading →
  • Pandemics, Contagion, and Fear, part 3 March 22, 2020
    Over the next few days (weeks?), I will post excerpts from my book Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of …Continue reading →
  • Pandemics, Contagion, and Fear, part 2 March 20, 2020
    Over the next few days (weeks?), I will post excerpts from my book Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End …Continue reading →
  • If fear is their lifeblood, why didn’t Trump and the Republican Party embrace the Coronavirus? March 19, 2020
    Do you remember the migrant caravans? How can you not, right? You barely escaped with your life! In 2018 and …Continue reading →
  • Pandemics, Contagion, and Fear, part 1 March 19, 2020
    Over the next few days, I will post excerpts from my book Going Viral: Zombies, Viruses, and the End of …Continue reading →
  • If Only Elizabeth Warren Would Sit Down and Shut Up — Then She Would Be Perfect! March 8, 2020
    Telemachus is a figure in Greek mythology, the son of Odysseus and Penelope, and a central character in Homer’s Odyssey. The first four books of the Odyssey focus on …Continue reading →
  • When Dave Chappelle tried to make a room full of people laugh at me, it backfired, and they laughed at him. But I’m not laughing. December 23, 2019
    Yesterday, I had lunch with a good friend at a restaurant in New York that shares a bathroom with the …Continue reading →

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