Christopher Berg
@bergchristopher.bsky.social
Classical guitarist, writer, & composer. Carolina Distinguished Professor Emeritus. Composer of “The Pilgrim Forest”; author of “Practicing Music by Design.” Drives 15-year-old Subaru. christopherberg.com
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Since 1982, there’s been only 99 cases of noncitizens voting in our elections. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s an average of 2.3 noncitizens voting per yr. And this is all according to the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
If You Can’t Criticize Your Own Side, You’re Way Too Partisan
Podcast Episode · The Social Contract with Joe Walsh · 02/16/2026 · 39m
podcasts.apple.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Since 1982, there’s been only 99 cases of noncitizens voting in our elections. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s an average of 2.3 noncitizens voting per yr. And this is all according to the right-wing Heritage Foundation. Today’s show.👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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One thing that genuinely does mystify me, with no snark: Trump is one of the least masculine, least adult people in public life. Needy, whiny, defensive, pleading, scared of women & terrified of more powerful men.
I’m at a loss about why Trump’s base sees him as manly or strong.
I’m at a loss about why Trump’s base sees him as manly or strong.
February 9, 2026 at 5:42 AM
One thing that genuinely does mystify me, with no snark: Trump is one of the least masculine, least adult people in public life. Needy, whiny, defensive, pleading, scared of women & terrified of more powerful men.
I’m at a loss about why Trump’s base sees him as manly or strong.
I’m at a loss about why Trump’s base sees him as manly or strong.
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“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”
—Charles Mackay (19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and song writer)
—Charles Mackay (19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and song writer)
February 4, 2026 at 4:29 PM
“Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, one by one.”
—Charles Mackay (19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and song writer)
—Charles Mackay (19th-century Scottish poet, journalist, and song writer)
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States… The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
― Isaac Asimov
― Isaac Asimov
February 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States… The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’”
― Isaac Asimov
― Isaac Asimov
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Stop saying underage women.
They are children.
They are children.
February 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Stop saying underage women.
They are children.
They are children.
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In case you didn't know
Today marks
16 YEARS OF CORRUPTION
#CitizensUnited
#EndCitizensUnited
The Supreme Court put a
Price Tag on our DEMOCRACY
with their disastrous Citizens United v FEC
That ruling fundamentally changed our campaign finance system
Opened the floodgates
So wrong !
Today marks
16 YEARS OF CORRUPTION
#CitizensUnited
#EndCitizensUnited
The Supreme Court put a
Price Tag on our DEMOCRACY
with their disastrous Citizens United v FEC
That ruling fundamentally changed our campaign finance system
Opened the floodgates
So wrong !
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM
In case you didn't know
Today marks
16 YEARS OF CORRUPTION
#CitizensUnited
#EndCitizensUnited
The Supreme Court put a
Price Tag on our DEMOCRACY
with their disastrous Citizens United v FEC
That ruling fundamentally changed our campaign finance system
Opened the floodgates
So wrong !
Today marks
16 YEARS OF CORRUPTION
#CitizensUnited
#EndCitizensUnited
The Supreme Court put a
Price Tag on our DEMOCRACY
with their disastrous Citizens United v FEC
That ruling fundamentally changed our campaign finance system
Opened the floodgates
So wrong !
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In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 7:23 PM
In 1916, the US was worried that Germany might take control of the Danish West Indies to use as a submarine base. So, Denmark sold the Danish West Indies to the USA, with the colony becoming the US Virgin Islands. In exchange, the USA acknowledged Denmark's complete sovereignty over Greenland.
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Did you all hear about this $3 meal the Secretary of Agriculture recommended?
January 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Did you all hear about this $3 meal the Secretary of Agriculture recommended?
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It’s so depressing how dumb the richest man in the world is…
January 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
It’s so depressing how dumb the richest man in the world is…
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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Graphic designers of the world will understand - Pantone just released a new color (satire)
December 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Graphic designers of the world will understand - Pantone just released a new color (satire)
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Uneducated voters will ALWAYS pose a FAR greater threat to this nation than an undocumented immigrant EVER will.
December 18, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Uneducated voters will ALWAYS pose a FAR greater threat to this nation than an undocumented immigrant EVER will.
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1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
is the EXACT location of the LARGEST crime spree to EVER occur in the history
of our country.
is the EXACT location of the LARGEST crime spree to EVER occur in the history
of our country.
December 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
is the EXACT location of the LARGEST crime spree to EVER occur in the history
of our country.
is the EXACT location of the LARGEST crime spree to EVER occur in the history
of our country.
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Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Fiasco for Trump as Judge Issues Harsh Rebuke in Abrego Garcia Case
Judge Paula Xinis’s ruling temporarily freed Kilmar Abrego Garcia from custody. It also savagely indicted Trump’s lawless handling of this whole affair from start to finish.
newrepublic.com
December 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remarkable how brutal the ruling against Trump on Abrego Garcia truly is: It details flagrant and malicious abuses of power all throughout. Trump and Stephen Miller were testing their ability to spread lawless state terror. But the court held the line. 1/
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2043...
Is AI capable of responding to a query with a simple “I don’t know”? If it cannot and replies with specious “information,” I question its intelligence. It’s the same with people. It is the wise who know what they don’t know.
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Is AI capable of responding to a query with a simple “I don’t know”? If it cannot and replies with specious “information,” I question its intelligence. It’s the same with people. It is the wise who know what they don’t know.
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So if a guy exercises his 2nd amendment right and then shoots & kills a guy exercising his 1st amendment right the Trump administration’s response is regulating the 1st amendment but not the 2nd amendment?
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
September 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So if a guy exercises his 2nd amendment right and then shoots & kills a guy exercising his 1st amendment right the Trump administration’s response is regulating the 1st amendment but not the 2nd amendment?
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
One of the drawbacks of liberal democracy is thus revealed: included among its freedoms is the freedom to forget what once threatened its existence.
—Clive James, "Cultural Amnesia; Necessary Memories from History and the Arts"
—Clive James, "Cultural Amnesia; Necessary Memories from History and the Arts"
August 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
One of the drawbacks of liberal democracy is thus revealed: included among its freedoms is the freedom to forget what once threatened its existence.
—Clive James, "Cultural Amnesia; Necessary Memories from History and the Arts"
—Clive James, "Cultural Amnesia; Necessary Memories from History and the Arts"
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The party of Christian values, everyone! They elected a pedophile, hateful, trash person that only cares about money. Hypocrites, hypocrites all of them. #MAGA you suck.
August 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
The party of Christian values, everyone! They elected a pedophile, hateful, trash person that only cares about money. Hypocrites, hypocrites all of them. #MAGA you suck.
It’s a commonplace these days to say of the current occupier of the White House that “every accusation is a confession.”
Emerson wrote something similar: ”People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
Emerson wrote something similar: ”People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
August 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It’s a commonplace these days to say of the current occupier of the White House that “every accusation is a confession.”
Emerson wrote something similar: ”People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
Emerson wrote something similar: ”People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”
People might understand that the Constitutional checks and balances among the 3 branches of govt. are to prevent one branch from usurping the powers of another. But these checks also rein in racism, sexism, violence, fascism, totalitarianism, and corruption.
It's sad to see where we are now.
It's sad to see where we are now.
August 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
People might understand that the Constitutional checks and balances among the 3 branches of govt. are to prevent one branch from usurping the powers of another. But these checks also rein in racism, sexism, violence, fascism, totalitarianism, and corruption.
It's sad to see where we are now.
It's sad to see where we are now.
This administration is a sweeping instantiation of Stanley Milgrim’s famous experiment from the 1960s. The only differences are that the violence is real and the victims are not actors. Milgrim’s work had a profound impact on our understanding of obedience to authority. Have we learned nothing?
August 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This administration is a sweeping instantiation of Stanley Milgrim’s famous experiment from the 1960s. The only differences are that the violence is real and the victims are not actors. Milgrim’s work had a profound impact on our understanding of obedience to authority. Have we learned nothing?
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I’m blown away: $1.2 million raised in just one month. 38,000 grassroots donations. $0 from corporate PACs.
South Carolina is ready to send a pediatrician, not a politician, to the Senate—and we’re just getting started.
South Carolina is ready to send a pediatrician, not a politician, to the Senate—and we’re just getting started.
July 1, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I’m blown away: $1.2 million raised in just one month. 38,000 grassroots donations. $0 from corporate PACs.
South Carolina is ready to send a pediatrician, not a politician, to the Senate—and we’re just getting started.
South Carolina is ready to send a pediatrician, not a politician, to the Senate—and we’re just getting started.
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