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Artists are canceling performances at Trump’s renamed Kennedy Center, and the backlash is exposing a familiar lie: that submission equals unity. From Montgomery to lunch counters to today’s cultural boycotts, obedience has never been a virtue; it has always been complicity. This iPINIONS post explains why empty seats are not a failure of culture, but… Read more.
Trump’s insistence that Putin wants peace isn’t naïveté; it’s alignment. As Ukraine burns, his rhetoric echoes Kremlin propaganda, strains relations with Kyiv, and further erodes America’s credibility abroad. iPINIONS argues that Trump’s rhetoric isn’t just reckless. It makes the clearest case yet for invoking the 25th Amendment. See my full take on Substack.https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/trump-insists-putin-wants-peace-proving Read more.
Truer words have never been spoken. One week, social media hype has people waiting in line for hours for cronuts. The next week, it’s rainbow bagels, towering milkshakes, or the Popeyes chicken sandwich. But iPINIONS says return just a week or two later for the same trendy food, and you’ll walk right in and probably… Read more.
This is Trump exporting his White Christian nationalist worldview under the guise of protecting Christians. Nigeria becomes the target not because Christians are uniquely threatened, but because a Black country fits Trump’s “shithole” hierarchy and Project 2025’s moralized militarism. Drone strikes become theology by other means — power dressed up as piety. Never mind that… Read more.
As the world gathers to celebrate Christmas, war continues to devastate Ukraine, Sudan, Gaza, and countless other places we choose not to name. This year-end iPINIONS post confronts the moral dissonance of comfort amid catastrophe, and asks what it means to look away while others endure. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/wither-ukraine-sudan-gaza-and-they Read more.
In this Substack post, iPINIONS breaks down a deceptively simple cartoon that exposes how race, indifference, and moral responsibility are read very differently depending on who’s doing the looking. What begins as a visual narrative quickly becomes a mirror, forcing viewers to confront not just what they see, but what they choose to ignore. Read… Read more.
Trump’s newly published National Security Strategy reads less like a plan for global stability than a roadmap for willful disorder. Rather than strengthening alliances, the strategy reduces global security to transactional leverage, abandons Europe to Russian pressure, and forces the EU to reckon with defending itself without Washington. iPINIONS explains why Europe is now being… Read more.
Mom just put the family newsletter behind a paywall. Compared to that, my iPINIONS Substack seems like charity. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/moms-paywall-makes-my-coffee-priced Read more.
Trump turned the World Cup draw into yet another ego spectacle — complete with a fake FIFA Peace Prize crafted to soothe his obsession with the Nobel he’ll never win. From lingering on the Club World Cup stage to strong-arming Infantino into flattery, this post exposes how FIFA let the world’s most popular sport become… Read more.
They promised training but delivered trenches. Jacob Zuma’s family lurches from personal scandals to the recruitment of Africans as cannon fodder in Ukraine. iPINIONS decries how his daughter weaponized historical comradeship into blood tribute, and how African governments across the continent remain complicit. Read my full take on Substack: https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/blood-money-how-zumas-daughter-enabled Read more.
