Coincidentify
This past week The Rupture published my review of Permanent Exhibit by Matthew Vollmer. It's a good book, so make sure to check it out...
Another Year to Get the NEA
If you haven't heard about it yet, the president is once again proposing to cut funding for the NEA and a whole host of programs that...
The Elections Monster: Zombie Edition
The election has been over for almost a year now, but something monstrous is happening that can't be ignored anymore: The election of...
Scaramucci & Stereotypes
I don't want to laugh too much at the jokes about DT's new White House communications director, Anthony Scaramucci. I know if I do, I'll...
New Passport
I went with the fam and some of my in-laws to the protest organized by Pantsuit Nation Israel outside of the US Embassy here in Tel Aviv...
Looking Back
When George W. Bush was elected I knew what to expect, mostly: I knew there was going to be a war, the tax cuts, the bubble. That was all...
Elections Monster: The Tattooed Man
Tattooing as it has been historically understood in the Eurocentric world has been a way to make the body monstrous. There is something...
The Elections Monster (12)
It seems like there should be a type of fairy that specializes in making people say things that they don't want to say. A malapropor:...
The Elections Monster (11)
Seasons have started to change, and with them the nature of this contest. The national convention summer blockbusters are out of the...
The Elections Monster (10)
I didn't want to write an Elections Monster today but the beast keeps me up at night. How did I start writing a politics column for this...
