Archive - albrt’s blog

Twirling Toward Freedom Two: Electric Boogaloo

An update on whether Trump is really trying for a long-term political realignment

Aug 14 •

March 2025

Twilight of the Woke, or How to Historicize with a Hammer

A review of Musa al Gharbi's "We Have Never Been Woke: the cultural contradictions of a new elite"

Mar 3 •

January 2025

Opening Shots Fired in the MAGA-PMC Civil War

A short-ish update on politics as I struggle to finish the more substantive posts I've been working on for months

Jan 28 •

December 2024

November 2024

Historical cycles: What if the big crisis we expected already happened?

Maybe the crisis is that the United States is incapable of responding constructively to a crisis.

Nov 23, 2024 •

Post-election Review of My Incorrect Prediction

Perhaps I should have expected the Harris campaign to turn itself into the attack of the unlikable status quo zombies.

Nov 6, 2024 •

October 2024

Thoughts on the so-called election

Who are the real contestants?

Oct 30, 2024 •

June 2024

I've got a fever and the only prescription is more Peter Turchin.

A follow up to my review of Turchin's End Times

Jun 25, 2024 •

Election Prediction Update

Nothing much has changed.

Jun 17, 2024 •

Back in the saddle

A short post to get me going again

Jun 10, 2024 •

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