If you levy tariffs, you increase the cost of goods. If the federal government withdraws billions in spending w/ its stimulative effects & furloughs 750 K workers, depriving them of spending power, you have inflation & escalating unemployment. The combination equals a recession.

My co-author Betsy Friauf and I had a great time at the East Texas Historical Association meeting speaking about our new book "The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas." We next speak at the UT Arlington main library this Thursday from 12:30 to 2 p.m.

Stephen Miller is a monster and so are the pedophile President-supporting goons in his fan base.

The student newspaper I once worked for did a story on my upcoming appearance Thursday at UT Arlington to promote a book I co-wrote with Betsy Friauf, “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas.” theshorthorn.com/news/campus/ut…

Finishing a script for a podcast mini-series on the grisly business of lethal injection. Tomorrow, I'll speak at my alma mater, UT Arlington, about the book "The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas." (Photo by Suzanne York.)

I'll be speaking tomorrow from 3:30 to 5 at Wooten Hall, Room 216, at the University of North Texas about the book I co-authored with Betsy Friauf, "The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas." It is disturbingly relevant. We hope we see you.

The red maple we planted in our backyard.

You've really got to hand it to the foot soldiers in Trump and Stephen Miller's Schutzstaffel as they face off these ferocious terrorists in war-ravaged Portland.

Conservative ideology in action.

Steve Monacelli and I finished recording a 3-part mini-series on lethal injection & its future for the podcast “It Could Happen Here.” It will hopefully air in the next two weeks. Betsy Friauf &. I have a couple of interviews coming up about our new book on Texas eugenics.

That AI-generated video of Trump dumping shit on the American public captures an unintended truth. That's what life under this dimwitted, incompetent toddler is like.

Perhaps Hegseth was drunk at the controls. huffpost.com/entry/marines-…

So now these fascist shitheads are vandalizing an historic landmark to accommodate a Trump vanity project. Patriots, my ass. washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

This also captures the ominously buoyant mood on Wall Street today.

A look at the new $20 bill.

There was something painterly about the sky over Plano, Texas tonight.

We were interviewed about our new book “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas” by Cydney Walker, the host of the “Coffee and Politics 101” podcast, at Mokah Coffee in Dallas. We’ll be at Deep Vellum Books in Dallas November 1.

I think this was a great interview with Bob Buzzanco and Scott Perkin on the Green and Red podcast about our new book, "The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas." youtube.com/watch?v=Qsv8rE…

My co-author and I felt compelled to turn down an invitation from a scholar we greatly respect because the president of Texas State University has made a mockery of free speech and academic freedom. universitystar.com/33480/news/fir…

On Bluesky, someone quoted me from an appearance on the Green and Red Podcast.