Notes from the Circus

Notes from the Circus

The Broken Windows of the Lost Libertarian Utopia
What the market fundamentalists refuse to count
Oct 10 • Mike Brock
The Hands That Remain Still
On the people waiting for a safer time to do the right thing
Oct 9 • Mike Brock
No, We Cannot Agree to Disagree
On what you are asking me to overlook
Oct 9 • Mike Brock
Inside the Deranged Mind of the Right-Winger
On the people who imagine everyone else’s corruption and excuse their own
Oct 1 • Mike Brock

September 2026

Lost Friendships and The Cost of Understanding
To the Silicon Valley employee who made peace with Trump
Sep 30 • Mike Brock
The Press Was Too Charitable
On the respectable conservatism we were asked to keep looking for
Sep 29 • Mike Brock
The Gorilla Is Not an Argument
On the leap from better software to a successor species
Sep 28 • Mike Brock
It is Always Darkest Before the Dawn
On discovering there is more of us than them
Sep 28 • Mike Brock
Neither Side of the Stage
On the questions the God debate leaves out
Sep 28 • Mike Brock
Complete the Way a Crossword Is Complete
On the questions physics cannot be asked
Sep 27 • Mike Brock
An Argument in Three Costumes
On what my metaphysical position actually is
Sep 26 • Mike Brock
The Bottom Falls Out
The polls have caught up to the prophecy. Thirty-nine days remain.
Sep 25 • Mike Brock
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