In Defense of Using AI as a Tool, Not a Crutch: A Leftist, Progressive, and Personal Reckoning in 2026

I’m going to be painfully, unapologetically honest here, probably more honest than I’ve ever been publicly about this particular topic, and I already know some people are going to be pissed. Some folks are going to feel disappointed. Some are going to accuse me of selling out, of being naive, of being complicit, of beingContinue reading “In Defense of Using AI as a Tool, Not a Crutch: A Leftist, Progressive, and Personal Reckoning in 2026”

Zohran Mamdani Is the Chaos Candidate

Zohran Mamdani is the chaos candidate. And I don’t mean that as an insult. It’s not because of what he believes, or even how he governs, because, let’s be honest—if he wins, he’s not going to govern as a socialist or a communist. He might use the rhetoric, he might nod to the leftist idealsContinue reading “Zohran Mamdani Is the Chaos Candidate”

When Compassion Gets Dismissed

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about something that happened in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death. Two people I knew online, one a good friend of mine and the other just an acquaintance through that friend, had a falling out over the whole thing. And honestly, I wasn’t surprised. Not because I wanted itContinue reading “When Compassion Gets Dismissed”