For My Friends in Media: How Not to Cover Hate Groups
Richard Spencer and his followers celebrate the election of Donald Trump on election nigh while shouting “hail victory” which translates to “sieg heil” and...
Fighting the Klan in the Ozarks and Teacher Bias in Grading
I spent some of my favorite summers as a kid here in Camden, Arkansas Happy Mother’s Day, If you’re not a mother, I hope you handled your business for the...
Why the Left Can’t Win: Mailbag Edition
Sanders Rally in Portland, OR | Photo by Benjamin Kerensa Happy Sunday, Off the top, just know that today’s newsletter is different. We’re doing a reader...
Why the Left Can’t Win and the Joy of Football in England
Happy Sunday Fam Bam, It’s been a fortnight but I’m back. This week we have some unanswered questions from my Comparative Government class, some insights...
Being Choosy About Online Spaces (or a Takes & Typos State of the Union)
Photo by Daniel Herron on Unsplash Over the last few years I have grappled with the size and scope of my digital footprint. I had more than a few “Nate,...
How the Culture of the WWE Took Over US Politics
Happy Easter and Ramadan Mubarak to those celebrating/observing either. You'll note the newsletter is coming out on Monday because of the holiday. I hope you...
A Nation of Accidents
Photo by John-Mark Smith Subscribe now Happy Sunday from Chiang Mai, I am in the final stages of revision for a piece to be published later this week by...
Beloved, Use a Password Locker but Make Sure it's Not LastPass
Photo by Towfiqu barbhuiya on Unsplash Happy Sunday T & Ters, In a recent newsletter, I wrote about online security and password lockers. Password lockers...
The Already Forgotten War
An estimated 200,000 Iraqis, 4500 US soldiers, and an additional 3000 military contractors lost their lives in Iraq Happy Sunday T&T Readers, I don’t talk...
Cormac McCarthy and SA Cosby Are Masters of their Craft
Blood Meridian is a book about the worst people possible, doing the worst things possible, along what we now call the US/Mexico border | Photo by Lisa Yount...
Demanding a Seat at the Table
You’ll never get what you don’t ask for | Photo by Kane Reinholdtsen on Unsplash When I started the newsletter, I jokingly called it Takes & Typos: A...
The Feds Were Asleep at the Switch for Crypto, AI Could Be Much Worse
Police in Dallas used a robot, armed with a brick of C4 to kill a barricaded shooter ending a standoff in 2016—the department later fought the release of...
Three Nights in the Land of Fire - A Travelogue
The Flame Towers and the Old City from Maiden Tower Happy Sunday, This week’s newsletter is another travelogue. Hope and I (joined by some friends) ventured...
The Canaries are Dead and No One Wants to Go into the Mine
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash Happy Sunday, This week I reflected on the teacher shortage in the US. It’s not really a shortage and I should probably use...
No, Michael—Your Book Actually Didn’t Need THAT Scene
Dear Reader, Just a quick note that this week’s newsletter contains a conversation about sexual assault in works of fiction. There are no descriptions of...
A Three Year Trip from Shanghai to the Netherlands
The delegates of General Assembly 3 in King Alexander Hall Hey Everyone! This week’s newsletter is a bit of a travelogue. Sunday morning, I hit the...
Another Take on that Silly Chat Bot (or Death to the High School Essay)
I’m not opposed to new technology. Hell, I love a new gadget as much as the next guy. But we need to pump the brakes and have some collective conversations...
In Defense of Gatekeepers and Screaming Loudly at Bigots
The next time someone complains to me about free speech, I’m just gonna yell “Stop!” In this week’s newsletter I’m riffing on grifting influencers, media...
Missing Home, Dreading Home
The east facing view from our flat apartment in Abu Dhabi Hey everyone, This week I am back in the desert and reflecting on a long conversation I had with a...
To the Year Ahead and Year Behind
Turning the page from December to January into 2023 Happy New Year! I hope you’re staying warm and making it through the holidays. The time between Christmas...