Archive - BordoLines

Three Philosophical Moments That Speak to Us Today

Plato’s Cave, Descartes’ Evil Genius and Simone de Beauvoir on Woman-as-Other

Nov 17 •

What I Learned From Mitch McConnell

For decades, Kentuckians have been electing a man everyone in the state hates. The secret of his success can help us understand what happened in the…

Nov 9 •

They keep saying “We don’t know enough about her.” They keep asking “But how would she govern?” She’s been telling us all along. And never clearer than…

Nov 1 •

October 2024

Lessons of the Pit Bull: “Breed” as Other

October is Pitbull Awareness Month. So I thought I’d take a break from my Election Watch to repost a stack I did back in April.

Oct 27 •

Bernie Sanders, Put that Wagging Finger Back in Your Pocket

Want the Dems to win? Going on MSNBC with your old stump speech isn’t the way to do it. You have advice for Kamala? Call her on the phone and then take…

Oct 20 •

The Media Has Been “Dodging” the “Thorniest” Question for Years

They helped usher Trump into the Oval Office in 2016–and they still won’t acknowledge it.

Oct 15 •

Kamala is Doing Everything They’re Asking Her To Do Except One: She’s Not a Man.

“Why isn’t she doing more ‘hard-hitting’ interviews?” “Why isn’t she coming harder at Trump?” OK, I’ll “take my gloves off” and tell you why…

Oct 11 •

The Corporate Media is Stealing My Joy, Or: How Not to Cover a Historic Political Event

They love the word “unprecedented.” They bemoan our “polarized politics” & reminisce about the days when politicians reached “across the aisles.” Then…

Oct 6 •

The Salesman and the Trickster

Trump is falling apart. But Vance is ready to take over. He’s even more dangerous. And the media still doesn’t get it.

Oct 3 •

September 2024

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