Archive - Liberal Confessions

Fortress Democrat

Bunkering down into denialism is a dead end strategy

Mar 5 •

November 2024

Can Democrats Break Out of Their Box?

For their own mental health & the good of the country, let's hope so

Nov 15, 2024 •

October 2024

Where will we be one and a half weeks from today?

Oct 26, 2024 •

September 2024

"They're Eating the Cats!"

Memeified demagoguery, the war on the working class, & America's downward spiral

Sep 21, 2024 •

July 2024

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

Jul 29, 2024 •

May 2024

Against Zero-Dimensional Culture

Today's algorithm-driven Internet is destroying the multidimensionality of human culture

May 4, 2024 •

February 2024

Authoritarianism, American Style

Stuck watching a rerun, can't change the channel (yet)

Feb 14, 2024 •

January 2024

Trepidatious Stasis

Watching and waiting, apprehensive yet bored. What happens when the American political dam finally breaks?

Jan 20, 2024 •

November 2023

From Post-Progress Liberalism to Ecohumanism

Conserving the best of the liberal tradition while transitioning to a new & better alternative

Nov 21, 2023 •

July 2023

Why I'm No Longer a Progressive

Today's progressivism is no longer part of the liberal left

Jul 20, 2023 •

April 2023

Introducing "Notes"

ISO a better social media experience

Apr 21, 2023 •

What's Woke? #3: Toxic Femininity & Surveillance Capitalism

The old feminist promise of a new ethic of care has become twisted, technocratic, and increasingly dystopian

Apr 20, 2023 •

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