I’ve been writing about my trip to rural America to see the eclipse. We did see it, by driving at the last minute to a town on the edge of totality, and barely avoiding clouds. (As you can see, the rightmost picture is almost totally obscured by clouds.) I’ve been to other eclipses, most recently …
Let’s Flush the Rural ‘Resentment’ About Immigration
In November, millions of rural voters will mark their ballot for a man who has pledged to “close the borders”. In interviews and in rallies, this group of white voters will pretend that they don’t need immigration, yet the evidence of their deep need of immigrants to work on rural farms is all over the …
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Rural Resentment
Rural Road Trip 2024 I traveled to Texas to see the eclipse, and most of my travel was on US Highway 287. Between Denver and Amarillo, there’s not a hell of a lot to see. Google Maps calls US 287 the “Heartland Expressway” in Colorado, but if this is the heart of our land, we …
OJ
Dead at 76: OJ Simpson, an NFL star turned suspected murderer, has died, according to a statement by his family. He was 76. On X, formerly known as Twitter, Simpson’s account carried a simple message from his family. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded …
Lauren Boebert Will Probably Win CO-4
I was gone for a week to see the eclipse — I’ll have a couple posts on some political/social aspects of some of my travel experiences in a few days. As part of my trip to see totality in Texas, I traveled through CO-4, the eastern Colorado district that Lauren Boebert parachuted into after realizing …
A Long Circuitous Path, Along for the Ride
DJT, the Truth Social meme stock took a big hit yesterday after their latest filing revealed (shock!) that the shitpile might go out of business. DJT fell from a high of around $75 to $45 yesterday, and now it’s trading a little over $50. There were a lot of stories out about how the stock …
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A Couple of Good Stories
Elizabeth Lopatto rounds out her coverage of the SBF trial with a great final piece on that asshole: At his sentencing, I sat several rows behind Bankman-Fried, clad in prison khaki and clanking faintly when he walked from the shackles on his feet, while he gave his statement to the court. “I’m sorry about what …