Dispatches from a Dying Empire

Commentary about religion and politics, centered around atheism.

VoteVets provides a bold, veteran-led perspective on the intersection of national security, democracy, and the fight for the rights of those who served.

In which we come together to save American democracy, or at least have fun while trying.

Living and Dying in America. A Daily Chronicle 2020-22.

FEMINIST GIANT: become a giant in your fight for feminism

Mapping the country's greatest economic challenges

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

Writing to maintain my mental health as we search for a way to equitably share the Earth and all its bounty.

A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.

Commentary on contemporary affairs from a historical, political and social perspective to put events in a larger context by a published historian who worked in professional politics for 10 years and in Hollywood for 30 years.

More light, less heat.

An investigative newsletter providing important context to political, human rights, and racial justice stories.

Diagnosing a world in crisis while finding means and strategies for a better, realer, more human future.

Economics and other interesting stuff

This is investigative journalism. Reporting like the future depends on it, because it does. I'm not in the business of making friends with powerful people. I'm in the business of making sure somebody holds them accountable.

My personal Substack

From insurrection to insurgency

Researching historical fiction takes me to some strange places. Subscribe to come on these journeys with me. Paid subscribers get tips for writing and researching historical fiction. (Thanks to the Hennepin County Library for the header image.)

Deadpan Political Satire…Accompanied By Travel. To Maintain Sanity.

My personal Substack

* Co-leader Battalion Search and Rescue * Author - The Tortilla Star * Co-author with Dora Rodriguez - Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain

Discovering Connections With Our Neighbors and Beyond

Just the guy next door sharing my thoughts on the world we're living(?) in. Also enjoying my coffee. This is where I stand....

Writing that zooms out. New Means discusses politics in the broadest possible ways, from our neighborhoods to our workplaces to our religious lives to organizing to the ways we collectively think.

The International Correspondent is home to thoughtful, well-informed, bold foreign policy analyses, as well as stories of the triumph of the human spirit in the pursuit of freedom.