A birthday, a used bookstore, and a record player that had been waiting for years. What started as a musical journey ended with a question that has been sitting heavy on my chest ever since. How do we find the beauty of gray?
Category: Common Ground
What do we share across lines of politics, identity, and belief? These pieces examine the overlooked intersections and unlikely agreements that form the basis for meaningful civic and social life.
The Colony
The cockroaches didn’t conquer the colony with force — they used words. Lies. Division. They turned ant against ant until the nest began to destroy itself from within. And all the while, the cockroaches smiled.
American Jesus
Greg Graffin wrote American Jesus in 1993. Thirty years later it sounds less like a punk rock critique and more like a documentary. He wasn’t wrong. He was just early.
Simple Life
Not wealth. Not fame. Not power. Just a good life — meaningful work, dinner with the people you love, bills paid without panic, and a comfortable bed at the end of the day. That’s the dream.
Paying The Mob
They stormed the Capitol. They beat police officers. They got pardons. Now they want $1.8 billion too. This isn’t justice — it’s a reward program for insurrection, and we should all be furious.
