Part 1–Exploring how Wanda Maximoff became the deepest character in the Marvel universe.
WandaVision, Part 1: Prelude to Westview
Category: Essay
What is “The Church?”
What is the LDS “Church?” Do we believe in it? Does it believe in itself?
Impasse
Some time ago, I wrote about the experience of belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints during the era of Donald Trump. Even months ago, the circumstances were dire—a fascist political movement born of combat, infiltration, and destabilization, protected and nutured within the Church by a combination of pre-existing fringe sympathies, performative … Continue reading Impasse
A Thanksgiving Unlike Any Other
“Here's the last toast of the evening, here's to those who still believe All the losers will be winners, all the givers shall receive Here's to trouble-free tomorrows, may your sorrows all be small Here's to the losers, bless them all” -Frank Sinatra
Is #Givethanks A Cure Or A Placebo?
“Nelson even named the ‘many ills that plague our world, including hate, civil unrest, racism, violence, dishonesty and lack of civility.’ That this is a robust summary of Republican neo-Confederatism is hardly a coincidence.”
The Paper Bullets Guide To The 2020 Senate Races
I have opinions about America’s Senate candidates! I know, you’re stunned.
In A Year That Has Been So Improbable . . .
A sure-to-be-long-debated move leads to the Dodgers’ first championship since 1988. And yet it’s in those moments—and the stories behind those moments—that baseball finds its soul, no matter the outcome.
Sunday Devotional #3: Oh Say, What Is Truth?
Truth is for us. It isn't for other people to explain to us.
Stranded On A Desolate, Unrecognizable Planet Called Earth
On Friday night, after learning that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died and having accepted that Republicans would certainly destroy the legitimacy of all institutions to fill her seat without any thought to renewing their so-called electoral mandate, I could not bring myself to watch RBG or On the Basis of Sex, as we might … Continue reading Stranded On A Desolate, Unrecognizable Planet Called Earth
Cuties Confronts The World As It Exists, Not The Pretend Republican One
Lauren Haskins authors this piece (with some editor’s commentary) about the vast difference between Cuties the movie, and Cuties the right-wing talking point.