From The Desk of Holy Heresy

​I understand the impulse. I really do. And as someone who believes deeply in the progress of our communities, that is a hard thing to admit. ​When you look at the grinding fatigue of the modern economy, why shouldn’t this generation crave an Eisenhower-esque lifestyle? Who wouldn't want the version of America we see on old television reruns? The dream of a single income easily supporting an entire household. The predictable annual vacation. The neighborhood where everyone knows your name, where crime doesn't cross the property line, and where you don't spend every waking hour worrying about your kids. ​It sounds beautiful. The problem is that it is complete and utter bullshit. ​The idea that the 1950s was a flawless, conflict-free paradise of domestic bliss is a historical hallucination. Every single problem we are wrestling with today existed then. The reason older Boomers, including the President, who constantly heralds a return to a "Golden Age", honestly beli...

  Good evening, America. For three months, we have been forced to watch the most expensive, most predictable, and most profoundly absurd theater production in modern history: a war built on nothing but executive ego, managed by a spreadsheet, and fought with your children’s lives. But this afternoon on Capitol Hill, the unthinkable happened. The lawmakers in the House finally remembered that they don't work for the King; they work for the Constitution. In a historic 215-208 vote, a bipartisan majority of the House passed a War Powers Resolution to force Donald Trump to end his unauthorized, unilateral war in Iran. After months of feckless floor speeches and procedural cowardice, four Republicans finally grew a spine, broke ranks, and joined the Democrats to put a padlock on the Commander-in-Chief’s playground. Make no mistake: this is the single most significant constitutional rebuke an American President has faced since the Vietnam War. The sycophants in leadership will tell you t...