Jerome Nicolas
@jeromenicolas.bsky.social
Author of Conservatism is Un-American & Other Self-Evident Truths. Raised on “Schoolhouse Rock.” Also fondly recalls the 1976 Bicentennial
Full Disclosure: I'd criticized Burns' Civil War series since he neglected to mention the Articles of Secession in which the southern states had proudly proclaimed they were breaking away to preserve slavery. Centrists don't like things cut & dry, so when nuance doesn't exist it must be invented.
The Best of Apologists
If liberals have an Achilles' heel, it is our quickness to accept the conservative narrative. This is not simply limited to going along wit...
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November 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Full Disclosure: I'd criticized Burns' Civil War series since he neglected to mention the Articles of Secession in which the southern states had proudly proclaimed they were breaking away to preserve slavery. Centrists don't like things cut & dry, so when nuance doesn't exist it must be invented.
From the right's whining, it sounds like Burns has covered the Native & African American experiences, which is good. The writers I cited - Gary B. Nash, Ray Raphael, Larry E. Tise - also dove into this, so I'd hope that Burns had read them and seen the economic parts in the process
November 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
From the right's whining, it sounds like Burns has covered the Native & African American experiences, which is good. The writers I cited - Gary B. Nash, Ray Raphael, Larry E. Tise - also dove into this, so I'd hope that Burns had read them and seen the economic parts in the process
Much love for @jamellebouie.net , but yeah, nope.
November 25, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Much love for @jamellebouie.net , but yeah, nope.
The best Star Wars take:
Watching the end of Andor, then Rogue One, then A New Hope rocks, because the plot and the aesthetic are basically seamless, but everyone in the galaxy gets way stupider over the course of maybe a week
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
The best Star Wars take: