Back when I attended university at a small city on the edge of Los Angeles, just brushing the edges of the desert, redolent with orange groves, there was a Chinese restaurant we called No MSG. It had a large neon sign that said No MSG facing the parking lot, and
This is a tax post. The one big beautiful bill, otherwise known as HR 1, has passed. It's a bad bill. Its harms most Americans and thoroughly takes from you to give to the wealthy. What it comes down to, is what happens next, especially for you? This
My son's face is settling into adulthood, a transformation that startles me daily, and I am thinking an awful lot about the past, about destiny, and about the histories we live in our bodies. I'm thinking about the obstinate set to his mouth that came from
Let's talk about how the OBB will affect student loan borrowers. The GOP wants to punish people who took out student loans. Bold thesis, let's start. Also the LA Times had an article about this, so I'm not that crazy. Numbers: * The outstanding student
This one ain't for the tax pros. I don't actually like Ghost, and I know I moved everybody, but I'm looking at other alternatives. They don't even allow footnotes! Substack allowed footnotes (but they platform Nazis, and while this is my little
Lawrence of Arabia and Rebellion This might just actually be an excuse for me to talk about Omar Sharif and how he is the handsomest man to exist (sorry, folks, its not Henry Cavill and his weird neck). Ok, now that I've frightened off half of my readers,
Hello my Substack subscribers! I just wanted to drop a line to welcome you to Ghost, where my Substack now exists. I've been using Substack for a few years, in fact I subscribe to many of them!, but they've gone increasingly to the right, including alt
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Another Gilded Age
Is this thing on?
The Winner's Circle
CW: mentions of experience with ableism and ableist rhetoric This is not meant to be all incluslive, but as an explainer to people who may have heard the terms and wondered what they meant and why the autistic community does not like functioning labels. Thanks for reading Get in loser