What’s in a Name?
A response to the announcement of an Executive Order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico and Google’s rapid compliance with this decree.
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“Be Wary of Paramilitaries”
Recognizing the rise of paramilitaries in the US following the pardons of the January 6 insurrectionists and what to do.
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A Creative Crisis
Deciding to write a different kind of historical novel in the face of a more repressive environment, but not giving up my commitment to social justice.
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Not Obeying in Advance
Not taking down my blog or my more political posts is part of my decision not to “obey in advance” given the possibility of a more repressive regime.
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The Lost Democracies of the 21st Century
A discussion of the fates of democracies that gave way to dictatorships from the mid-1990s to the present. How many of them are democracies again?
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Winner, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature, 2023!
