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Michael Airton

The Trump Verdict Was Necessary. And It Changed Nothing.

Like millions of others in America and elsewhere, I welcomed yesterday’s news that Donald Trump had been found guilty on all 34 criminal…

May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024

Buying Off All The Climate Scientists and Other Dumb Shit

This is irking me.

Sep 16, 2023

Sep 16, 2023

Climate Change and the 500 Million Army

Rocky IV is a better movie than you may remember. And that’s mostly because the final fight between Rocky and Ivan Drago is beautifully…

Sep 14, 2023

Sep 14, 2023

They Now Say Objectively Stupid Shit and Their Followers Eat It Up

Jordan Peterson, Canada’s very own resident pop psychologist, this evening tweeted a copy of last year’s “World Climate Declaration” in…

Aug 28, 2023

Aug 28, 2023

It’s Weird That They Care So Much Whether Arson Caused Wildfires.

There’s a scene in the first episode of the the miniseries Chernobyl in which Chief Engineer Nikolai Fomin greets party apparatchik Boris…

Aug 27, 2023

Aug 27, 2023

The Age of Malicious Ignorance

There was a time for a few years where I called it “belligerent ignorance”, a term I picked up somewhere. But there’s a newer, more…

Aug 11, 2023

Aug 11, 2023

2050 — A Hopeful Vision, For Once

I’ve realized lately that a glaring gap in leftist/progressive politics is its failure to articulate a clear, compelling, and hopeful…

Aug 13, 2022

Aug 13, 2022

The Stakes of a War with Russia over Ukraine

As we watch the frightening drumbeats of war over Vladimir Putin’s foray into Ukraine, I’m disheartened by the usual verbal diarrhea from…

Feb 22, 2022

Feb 22, 2022

We’re All Going to Need Skills.

Because those in power probably aren’t going to do what’s necessary to prevent further global warming.

Sep 20, 2021

Sep 20, 2021

Who Is Donald Trump? A Human Assessment

Donald John Trump left the office of President of the United States nearly seven months ago. His second impeachment, this time for…

Aug 8, 2021

Aug 8, 2021

Michael Airton

Michael Airton

Husband. Dad/stepdad. He/him. Aspiring writer. Lawyer. Student of contemporary history. Lover of rock music. Ex-optimist, ex-hopeful pessimist, now a realist.

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