The high-tech Van Gogh attractions barnstorming the nation are kitschy, exploitive carnival sideshows. Also, what Americans get wrong about housing. www.charlesbursell.com
Don’t like politics? Afraid of Socialism? You’ll have to get over both, because they’re our only way out of the mess we’re in. www.charlesbursell.com
Climate and pandemic emergencies are existential crises that require radical changes to how we engage with the world. Can we muster the wisdom and will to save ourselves? www.charlesbursell.com
Sniffing out BS is pretty easy, the case for not getting along, and the truth of what real progress requires. Also: sexy climate solutions? www.charlesbursell.com
Yes, we must think for ourselves, but automatically opposing the crowd is just as much a logical fallacy as going with the crowd. www.charlesbursell.com
Major league play-by-play glass ceiling, rally of The Deplorables, Jeopardy update, moral Milley, and high-tech sound medicine. www.charlesbursell.com
They provide reliable facts, but the bias of even the best news outlets is subtle and deadly. www.charlesbursell.com
Up to 200 million climate refugees are expected in the next few decades. Where will you escape, or have you “escaped” already? www.charlesbursell.com
"White" isn't a thing, but white supremacy is. Also, words and phrases that need to be shelved. www.charlesbursell.com
What PBS’s doc on post 9/11 America missed, diverting US military funds to international vaccines, and an eye on California's nutty recall. www.charlesbursell.com
Another insurrectionist “rally”, vaxxed-up on campus, and you better be boycotting Texas brands right now! www.charlesbursell.com
With a pileup of Climate catastrophes, a deepening economic divide, and Neo-Fascist “laws” across America, it’s time for a General Strike. www.charlesbursell.com
When the dignity of work is forever decoupled from the exploitation of “jobs,” then we’ll have a Labor Day to truly celebrate. www.charlesbursell.com
Hippies and New Agers used to be Lefties. Why have so many of them joined the Deplorables? www.charlesbursell.com