Ben Domenech

Father John Misty is rebelling not against repression or foolishness but the ephemeral nature of mankind. He seeks permanence in a fleeting age, and he does not find it because the one place he could find an answer, he considers closed off: a locked door. ”

Belief that your tribe is good and other tribes are evil is what everyone thought for most of human history. ”

The first time I watched 'The Magnificent Seven' on TV on a Sunday afternoon, I knew it was going to be a different kind of western. ”

When contrarian voices are elevated to publications once viewed as places where contending ideas shared space, organized online backlash is now inevitable. ”

Conservative voters will put up with a lot of things in the culture that disagree with their views. They have proven time and again they will roll their eyes at actors and musicians saying negative things about the presidents and candidates they vote for and still consume their product. ”

I have seen a man charged with revolutionizing incredibly complex government information technology systems who did not know how to use a thumb drive. ”

In a time of fractured politics, our need for unifying cultural events is more acute, and particularly our need for creators who do not deny the people their art because of the votes they cast. ”

Writers who do crap work believe they have turned in spun gold and all their little darlings must be defended. ”

Writers who do great work must be coddled and encouraged. ”

One of the frequent blind spots for economic libertarians, speaking as one who has personally dealt with this log in the eye, is a tendency to allow principles of how economies work and the beauty of trade to make us ignore perceived threats animating people who value more than just the power to buy and sell. ”