John Carlson
@johndcarlson.bsky.social
Scholar, father, husband, veteran. Co-Director https://csrc.asu.edu/recoveringtruth
Reality is not partisan.
Democracy means knowing how to lose.
Keeping our republic means governing as a people -- a "we" who hold certain things in common.
Reality is not partisan.
Democracy means knowing how to lose.
Keeping our republic means governing as a people -- a "we" who hold certain things in common.
"Bad faith" will be word of the year in 2025. Just wait.
October 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"Bad faith" will be word of the year in 2025. Just wait.
We shouldn't be surprised when new tariffs agst Norway are announced.
October 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We shouldn't be surprised when new tariffs agst Norway are announced.
This was a great story ☝️
Have a listen!
Have a listen!
October 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This was a great story ☝️
Have a listen!
Have a listen!
If we can keep it...
That begins with showing we want to keep it...
That begins with showing we want to keep it...
October 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
If we can keep it...
That begins with showing we want to keep it...
That begins with showing we want to keep it...
Not just petty, but downright stupid.
And shall "Saving Private Ryan," "Captain Phillips" and "Greyhound" all be deemed unpatriotic, too?
And shall "Saving Private Ryan," "Captain Phillips" and "Greyhound" all be deemed unpatriotic, too?
September 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Not just petty, but downright stupid.
And shall "Saving Private Ryan," "Captain Phillips" and "Greyhound" all be deemed unpatriotic, too?
And shall "Saving Private Ryan," "Captain Phillips" and "Greyhound" all be deemed unpatriotic, too?
The (cruel) means are ends in themselves.
September 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The (cruel) means are ends in themselves.
So RFK Jr. is hostile to religion too? Who would have guessed?!
August 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
So RFK Jr. is hostile to religion too? Who would have guessed?!
Ugh. Man, we suck.
July 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Ugh. Man, we suck.
Has DHS offered a formal reason for why masking is necessary?
June 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Has DHS offered a formal reason for why masking is necessary?
The demolition of USAID is unconscionable given these foreseeable effects.
We have traded in American exceptionalism in exchange for becoming exceptionally ugly.
We have traded in American exceptionalism in exchange for becoming exceptionally ugly.
June 12, 2025 at 10:52 PM
The demolition of USAID is unconscionable given these foreseeable effects.
We have traded in American exceptionalism in exchange for becoming exceptionally ugly.
We have traded in American exceptionalism in exchange for becoming exceptionally ugly.
There is something deeply wrong with a country -- with us, "the people" -- when a person has to be personally and immediately affected by cruel misfortunes like this before empathy and reason step in to say, "Enough!"
June 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
There is something deeply wrong with a country -- with us, "the people" -- when a person has to be personally and immediately affected by cruel misfortunes like this before empathy and reason step in to say, "Enough!"
He looks good in that cap. Wow.
June 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
He looks good in that cap. Wow.
I asked a few days ago if any journalists had made this point to Trump in their myriad questions to him about all manner of things. Glad Merz put it out there for the world to see.
June 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I asked a few days ago if any journalists had made this point to Trump in their myriad questions to him about all manner of things. Glad Merz put it out there for the world to see.
"moral squalor"--a term to you by the Trump era
June 5, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"moral squalor"--a term to you by the Trump era
Every time folks blame Biden for our situation, just remember we also could have had Nikki Haley as president. Standard conservative policies without all the chaos, corruption, cruelty, autocracy, narcissism, mendacity, moral depravity, and bad faith.
Thanks GOP primary voters.
Thanks GOP primary voters.
May 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Every time folks blame Biden for our situation, just remember we also could have had Nikki Haley as president. Standard conservative policies without all the chaos, corruption, cruelty, autocracy, narcissism, mendacity, moral depravity, and bad faith.
Thanks GOP primary voters.
Thanks GOP primary voters.