Ukraine’s victory over Russia should be embraced as a Reaganite triumph. Why isn’t it? — I grew up in the tail of The Cold War. Until I was ten, I knew what it was like to think that your life could literally end in a flash at any moment. The “why” came down to two ways of thinking that were in conflict. …

With the history of the world on a knife’s edge, a German high court rolled the dice. It didn’t go well. — Even if you aren’t a huge history geek like me, you probably imagine a few counterfactuals even if they’re just about your own life. What if you’d decided to major in something else in college, or what if you’d decided to move to a different part of the world? …

My Sit-Down Interview with Bard — Well, I say “sit down” but only because I’m not writing this at a standing desk. Bard, if you don’t know, is the name given to a chatbot created by Google. One of the reasons Bard is late to the game kicked off by Chat GPT, is that if some…

I finally made a frankenpen that I love. — If you’ve been reading my stuff, you probably know I love a good fountain pen. …

I’m not as big a social media user as perhaps I should be, especially since I work in entertainment as both a writer and a performer. The way I see it, I’ve got shit to do. I’m not an expert on things like how to maximize clicks or any of…

I called an old friend the other day. We hadn’t spoken in months. I didn’t call for any particular reason, other than that I missed talking to him. I missed the sound of his voice, even over the phone. Sure, we’re both magicians and any conversation I have with a…

We shouldn’t make light of Alzheimer’s Disease. I’m not joking. — If there’s one thing my readers likely know about me, it’s that I love to make fun of Donald Trump. America is a place that prides itself on the freedom to make fun of the powerful, especially our most powerful people. I have my lines though. I believe that good…

Authorship and art are inextricably tied, so what can we do when we love the art and loathe the artist? — Manhattan is objectively one of the greatest films ever made. It’s well written, well acted, well directed, well shot and well edited. There’s just one problem with it. I feel dirty watching it. Why? Because the film’s author is a credibly accused pedophile and, even if that’s somehow not true…

On the comic masterpiece that is ‘Crimes of The Future’ — I love Videodrome. No. No. You don’t understand. I love Videodrome. I saw it as a student and it transformed what I considered narratively possible. Videodrome was prescient, yet it remains destined to come up within the context of any conversation about media. If you haven’t seen Videodrome, do yourself…