Robert UpshawResentment: the foundation of RevolutionWhen someone gets around to writing the history of the United States in 2020, one of the central chapters is certain to be about the…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Robert Upshaw“You don’t know what misery is”Some people like to imagine that they have the market cornered, when it comes to misery, misfortune, pain, and the like. If they here…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Robert UpshawThe sun will come out tomorrow…When Barack Obama took the stage in St. Paul, Minnesota back in June of 2008 to claim the Democrat nomination for President (though…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Robert UpshawKid Gloves, Corruption, and Donald TrumpThere is an expression that I’d wager most people have heard or even used themselves: to handle (or treat) something with kid gloves. The…Dec 2, 2020Dec 2, 2020
Robert UpshawHating Rachel GreenThe ninth episode of season eight of the show Friends is one of its many Thanksgiving episodes (after all, the show ran for ten years)…Nov 25, 2020Nov 25, 2020
Robert UpshawThere is no “coup”Spend an hour or so scrolling through twitter, or through op-eds at various media sites, or watch some cable news pundits. What you’ll see…Nov 23, 2020Nov 23, 2020
Robert UpshawWe live in a surveillance stateWhen it comes to critical theory, few authors are more widely read than is Michel Foucault. Though Foucault himself consciously eschewed…Nov 22, 2020Nov 22, 2020
Robert UpshawLoyal soldiersThe last four years have revealed a great deal about some Americans, particularly those who seem to be living in the world of social media…Nov 21, 2020Nov 21, 2020
Robert UpshawAt the Press Conference of MadnessIn the end I must rely on the judgment and standing of the few scientific leaders who have, on the one hand, sufficient independence of…Nov 20, 2020Nov 20, 2020
Robert UpshawTrump has been President for four years, so why am I suddenly addicted to disaster porn movies?Since Election Night 2020, I’ve found myself yearning to re-watch classic disaster movies, from The Towering Inferno to Deep Impact to The…Nov 17, 2020Nov 17, 2020
