‘Obituary’, from my forthcoming poetry collection ‘The Way the Water Held Me’. Sharing for National Grief Awareness Week (2-8 December) and sending solidarity to anyone experiencing grief, no matter how long ago you were bereaved x #bereavement#griefawarenessweek@theemmapress.bsky.social
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
May 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.
A sitting cabinet member being unable to define the bedrock principle of Anglo-American law for nearly a millennium will get .00001% of the coverage devoted to Hillary Clinton’s email server or Joe Biden’s mental capacity
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, bungled answers on Tuesday about habeas corpus, incorrectly saying that the legal right of people to challenge their detention by the government was actually the president’s “constitutional right” to deport people.
A sitting cabinet member being unable to define the bedrock principle of Anglo-American law for nearly a millennium will get .00001% of the coverage devoted to Hillary Clinton’s email server or Joe Biden’s mental capacity
I have interviewed Mark Kelly and I have interviewed Elon Musk. I have no question about whether one of them has the best interests of the United States at heart.
March 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I have interviewed Mark Kelly and I have interviewed Elon Musk. I have no question about whether one of them has the best interests of the United States at heart.
Apple said it is working on repairing a glitch after some iPhone users noticed that speaking the word “racist” into the voice-to-text feature causes it to write “Trump” before quickly switching to “racist.”
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.
February 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
History buffs will know that every authoritarian leader eventually converges on some version of: "I *am* the state. I can not break the law, I am the law, the law is instantiated in me."
Our march to authoritarianism so far has been excruciatingly by-the-book. Hitting every beat. No surprises.