As an OSU football fan, I was impressed by the Univ. of Washington's talent today. They didn't make it easy for us. And another talent from UW is the guest on my next episode of Circumscription. Social psychologist Clara Wilkins, director of the SPIA Lab at UW joins me: depts.washington.edu/spia/

I love The Bulwark, but goddamnit, they just spoiled my otherwise wonderful moment with a glass of single malt Scotch. Or, to put it differently, they give me more reason to drink. Anyway, this is an eye-opening piece. Read it if you dare.

Your long wait is over. A new episode of Circumscription just dropped. This one features my conversation with sociologist of religion @profsamperry.bsky.social, as we discuss Christian nationalism, race, and more. Check it out: circumscription.fireside.fm/6

*sigh*

My next new podcast episode drops on Tuesday morning. I am delighted to share my conversation with @profsamperry.bsky.social. I sang; I laughed; I cried. (Only one of those is a lie.) Seriously, though, he does great work, and it's thrilling to get to share it with listeners.

Your condemnations of political violence don’t mean a damn thing when you only apply them to victims on your team. Having real principles means you unequivocally condemn political violence as anti-democratic and immoral even against villains.

There’s a way to be respectful in reporting on Charlie Kirk being shot while also refusing to whitewash who he was and what consequences his political activism has had. Obituaries for public figures are a part of history.

We were horrified to hear about the murder of Charlie Kirk. Political violence is never acceptable in any context, and should never be condoned. We are thinking of his family and loved ones at this terrible time.

On the fourth anniversary of the death of Michael K. Williams, this clip still hits hard: youtu.be/RpST8KE3vSI?...

If you are into voting rights and/or redistricting, I made a podcast episode for you: circumscription.fireside.fm/5

This piece by Linda Greenhouse is worth a read: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...

If you're interested in redistricting and/or voting rights, the next podcast episode is for you. youtu.be/EvDlEWLsgoQ

one sign that the “unitary executive” is less the restoration of an older constitutional order and more the imposition of a radical new one is that allowing the president to act untethered from most legal or congressional limits has largely just served to plunge the country into disorder

The new podcast episode is live. Check out my conversation with Kim Rios, a social psychologist who studies intergroup threat, and more! circumscription.fireside.fm/4

New podcast episode comes out Tuesday morning. For now, a trailer: youtu.be/UfQThYgM4vs

🚨BREAKING: The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling Thursday, striking down Louisiana’s state legislative maps for violating the Voting Rights Act. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

@jvl.bsky.social wasn't my guest, but I mentioned this essay while recording my next podcast episode (slated to come out on Tuesday morning). You'll have to wait for the episode to drop in order to learn more about its contents, but I recommend the essay for now. www.thebulwark.com/p/fairness-i...

I think my podcast is off to a good start, but this article is a reminder that there is a level of the sublime to which I likely will never be able to rise.

Last week, I posted the latest episode of Circumscription, "Equals Under the Law," featuring my conversation with @gowder.io. Check it out if you haven't yet: open.spotify.com/episode/7JHQ...

The new podcast episode is live. Check out my chat with Paul Gowder, Professor of Law at the Pritzker School of Law, at Northwestern. We discuss the rule of law, its connections to race, and its current state in the U.S. #ruleoflaw #race #law circumscription.fireside.fm/3

I'm trying to get onto a biweekly episode release schedule. Even with a hip replacement two Mondays ago, I'm still on it. Next episode drops on Tuesday, August 5, in the early morning (Eastern time). Here's a teaser: youtu.be/rbDXyKEw7B8

Motherfucking wind farms…

This tracks.

A new episode of Circumscription is coming next week. circumscription.fireside.fm

I think it was on The Bulwark that I heard someone refer to this presidential administration as characterized by malicious incompetence. That characterization tracks. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...

The Codger in Chief: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The podcast is also on Spotify as of today: open.spotify.com/show/0g9H3bK...

My new podcast launched yesterday morning, featuring this conversation with @mikeypasek.bsky.social: circumscription.fireside.fm/1

I'm having fun working on a playlist of songs inspired by the focus of my new podcast, Circumscription. Given that its focus is on the setting of boundaries, but also their crossing, this song by B.F.E. had to be included: open.spotify.com/track/32NYA9...

I've missed podcasting and it feels good to have recorded a new episode, a special one featuring a wonderful former student. I will release it Tuesday morning, and am excited to share.

Yay! I recently joined Bluesky! Oops? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."

“It is not lost on the department that there are several mascots that refer to Indigenous or ethnic groups — the Vikings, Fighting Irish, the Cowboys — and yet New York has specifically singled out Native American heritage," --Ed. Secy. Linda McMahon. So, cowboys are an indigenous or ethnic group?

WATCH: Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social says Speaker Sexton banishing him to Ag Committee helped him build bridges with rural Republicans to defeat ugly bills like the Rusty Grills Monsanto immunity bill harming sick farmers. Full @thebulwark.com interview: youtu.be/mwa_C3kf0zQ?...

“'If things continue as they are, American science is ruined,' said David W. Hogg, a professor of physics and data science at New York University who works closely with astronomers and other experts around the world."

Sinners is set in the city of Clarksdale, MS. Problem: there’s no theatre there. So, the citizens wrote to Warner Bros to bring the film to them. Today they & Ryan Coogler did! What a beautiful day!

h/t to @neillewisjr.bsky.social for posting this story before me. It's a reminder that, with this administration, there is no floor. www.wired.com/story/trump-...

This is arguably the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

very glad i was contractually obligated to finish my book on racial backlash and the presidency last year instead of drinking from this firehose, but i do anticipate writing some takes. a few takes.

I was today years old when I discovered The Halluci Nation. You should check them out. open.spotify.com/track/0E2ydj...

A modest proposal from @rexhuppke.bsky.social for Democratic success, after hitching its wagon to another great bombastic White podcasting hope, albeit liberal. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

Even the rat was White, and often still is, and so it goes for many people's mental defaults. Interesting work by Felicia Pratto and colleagues. journals-sagepub-com.lprx.bates.edu/share/GFPRFB...

I'm really excited to read this when it comes out.

I do also like this one, published more recently: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

If I were on Facebook, I would have observed today by posting this essay, in a quasi-annual tradition designed to annoy any blindly patriotic friends of mine: www.zinnedproject.org/materials/wh...

That was a pathetic first post, but I suppose I have nowhere to go but up now.

Having left Facebook months ago (but missing online connection with ppl who don't live where I live), and now finding myself blocked by Facebook (which appears to think I was trying to set up a second fraudulent version of me, when I was trying to reactivate), and having sworn off Musk, here I am.