On conspiracy theories, conspiracy facts, and the uncanny valley in between.

Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...

In the 21st century, every novel is a horror novel.

Spotted at the library, an accidental description of the US court system: “Bro Law (Science Fiction)”

Brazen, in-your-face grift has a cost...and the GOP is about to justifiably pay the price

The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.

The US media were willing cogs in Trump’s machine. Now he’s tearing it down.

May-??-2000 Fangoria His Darkest X Files Sarah Kendzior Transcribed by pam. All [] are mine; the original article's brackets are denoted by {}. X-FILES veteran Kim Manners has directed some of the ser...

How AI is destroying the life of the mind.

There’s an AI-generated “biography” of me that is just my book “The Last American Road Trip” plagiarized near verbatim and sold under the byline of a non-existent person. Today I got an AI-generated e...

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Brutal policies accompanied by suppression of the facts are sure signs of an autocracy

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These are the Great Smoky Mountains, where Dolly Parton was born and raised. I took my kids here in 2020, another dark time in American life, and Dolly raised our spirits. Her death hit me hard, comin...

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YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show

President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.