American Id Newsletter

Opening the future by understanding the past.

Force of Culture

I reported Trump '16 and '20 for magazines & in my book THE UNDERTOW: Scenes from a Slow Civil War. I was going to sit '24 out, but the slow civil war is speeding up.

A newsletter for big-picture thinking about autocracy and threats to democracy around the world

David Neiwert writes about right-wing extremism and cetaceans. Preferably not in that order. Author, The Age of Insurrection: The Radical Right's Uncivil War on American Democracy, as well as Of Orcas and Men: What Killer Whales Can Teach Us.

Misogyny and more

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Tolkien scholarship (conferences, publishing, research, & esp. bibliographies!). ETA: after my June 7 post, I need to warn about an addiction to discursive footnotes and blending academic analysis with reader response (my own!).

Unflinching journalism in defense of democracy

Fresh insights on the American crisis

LGBTQ and women's rights in the South

Research, Analysis, and Intelligence on the Radical Right.

Queering faith and fantasy in the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien (mostly) with the Rev. Tom Emanuel.

History that will fit in your pocket. History PhD (University of Pennsylvania), specializing in political ideology and culture, Christian nationalism, and the American right.