Author: The Ghost of Bill Simmons

When injustice surrounds you like a law of nature.
Source: This Week Has Happened Before

Protests, many of which turned violent, erupted in more than 30 cities across the United States amid anger over the killing of George Floyd.
Source: Trump Says “Vicious Dogs” Would Have Met White House Demonstrators as Protests Spread Across U.S.

Amanda Clayman joins the hosts to answer listener questions around finance and emotions.
Source: Financial Therapy

How to get a stubborn parent to listen.
Source: Former SNL Comedian Jim Breuer on Parenting An Aging Parent

The chief justice has lost patience with conservatives’ efforts to overturn public health orders.
Source: Roberts Upholds COVID-19 Restrictions on Churches, Scolds Kavanaugh

The author of Robots Are People Too responds to Tobias Buckell’s “Scar Tissue.”
Source: When the Robot You Consider Family Tries to Sell You Something

A new Future Tense Fiction tale by Tobias S. Buckell.
Source: Read a New Short Story About the Peculiar Challenges of Raising a Robot

The history of solitary confinement in America, civil death, social death, and how the Department of Corrections has total power over prisoners.
Source: How I Got to Solitary Confinement at Walpole, and How I Got Out

I’m trying to be understanding, but I feel really lonely.
Source: Help! My Best Friend Stopped Talking to Me, and I Don’t Know Why.

The first thing to emerge from the pandemic is a rebellion against policing.
Source: Destroying a Police Precinct Is a Reasonable Response to Unreasonable Killings