Essay-first commentary on a disordered world — culture, power, and what comes next.
I woke up this morning the way I usually do. Coffee. The ordinary noise of a house coming online. Alexa gave me the daily briefing like she does most days — weather, a little news, the…
Continue reading The Machine Called It a CelebrationI haven’t voted for years. I don’t talk about it much either. Last ballot I cast was before Obama–McCain. I couldn’t vote for either one of them, and I meant it. We had a family over…
Continue reading Why I Might Vote This YearI turned seventy this year. Spent a good stretch of my younger life underwater on a Navy submarine, then decades in the working world of technology and school-district systems. Paid for a house the hard way.…
Continue reading The Blueprint That Starts With a New FoundationThe modern information environment has a way of overwhelming us with noise while hiding the developments that actually matter. The headlines scream. The pundits posture. Social media amplifies outrage, distraction, and spectacle. Beneath that surface, however, are quieter shifts that often tell us far more about the direction of society than the day’s trending topic.
Continue reading Three Things Worth Watching This Week