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We Did This to Ourselves

For years I’ve braced myself for a potential foreign attack on the Capitol. I never thought the invaders would be U.S. citizens.

Jan 7, 2021

We Did This to Ourselves

Jan 7, 2021

An Open Letter to Haitian-American Kids in Springfield, Ohio

Reflections on a painful, pathetic, and all-too predictable week.

Sep 15

An Open Letter to Haitian-American Kids in Springfield, Ohio

Sep 15

The Second Annual Julie and John Awards, Pt. 3 ({dis}Honorable Mentions of 2023)

Random bits and bobs; mostly from movies!

Feb 13

The Second Annual Julie and John Awards, Pt. 3 ({dis}Honorable Mentions of 2023)

Feb 13

The Second Annual Julie and John Awards, Pt. 2 (Favorite Movies of 2023)

The movies!

Feb 13

The Second Annual Julie and John Awards, Pt. 2 (Favorite Movies of 2023)

Feb 13

The Second Annual Julie and John Awards, Pt. 1 (Favorite Books and Games of 2023)

Now featuring books and video games!

Feb 13

The Second Annual Julie and John Awards, Pt. 1 (Favorite Books and Games of 2023)

Feb 13

My Favorite Movies of 2022

Because there’s nothing quite like an overly long listicle to break a slump.

Dec 29, 2022

My Favorite Movies of 2022

Dec 29, 2022

Greg Abbott Just Won the War on Christmas

Those pesky leftists wish they could assault the reason for the season as definitely as Texas’ governor did on Christmas Eve.

Dec 26, 2022

Greg Abbott Just Won the War on Christmas

Dec 26, 2022

The Unbearable Ascendancy of J.D. Vance

Even in a party with no shortage of heels, the Senate nominee’s slide from sympathetic storyteller to shameless sycophant is repugnant.

May 6, 2022

The Unbearable Ascendancy of J.D. Vance

May 6, 2022

The Greatest Moment in Chicago Bulls Playoff History (Has Nothing to Do With Michael Jordan)

Reflections on Chicago basketball, sports fandom, and the seventh championship that never was.

Apr 22, 2022

The Greatest Moment in Chicago Bulls Playoff History (Has Nothing to Do With Michael Jordan)

Apr 22, 2022

How It Feels to Be Suicidal During a Global Pandemic

This is not a note.

Jan 3, 2022

How It Feels to Be Suicidal During a Global Pandemic

Jan 3, 2022

Mickey Desruisseaux

Mickey Desruisseaux

Scribbling at the nexus of race, law, politics, and pop culture. A monster of many words, a man of all of them. (Opinions my own, not those of my employers.)

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