Category Archives: Guns in the U.S. of A.

We need a marching song. The Chicks provide.

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Naomi

It’s “March, March,” from the Chicks’ 2020 album, “Gaslighter.” Written and performed by an impressive musical collective,* it’s fierce and female, a percussive, insinuating, syncopated chant in the minor key we all need now. It’s a new civil war, and … Continue reading →

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The New Yorker spills the (canned) beans* on another cult: bunkerism

Posted on September 26, 2024 by Naomi

But this one is funny — provided you’re not a paranoid. (Self-diagnose quickly before you continue reading. If you are paranoid, you won’t like what I’m writing and you certainly will not like the woman about whom I’m writing.) For … Continue reading →

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Two cults brilliantly described in one magazine issue

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Naomi

I don’t know whether David Remnick conceived of the August 26 New Yorker as cult-themed. But I think it is, after reading two long, riveting pieces of journalism, each about a nightmarish movement, one in our country, one in Kenya. … Continue reading →

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