Beneath a cynical veneer of an “historic choice” lies the depressing reality of entrenched war-profiteering. — When President-elect Joe Biden announced his nominee for the Secretary of Defense, CNN ran a story that ostensibly explored the immediate critiques of the retired four-star general, Lloyd Austin. Astonishingly, the first discussed is the idea that there are critics who feel Austin lacks “the political chops to fight military…

The Midnight’s music on ‘Endless Summer’ feels like a resurgence of Romanticism in our modern era. …

Just a few hours ago, the band created an official Instagram account and cryptically announced they’re getting back together to play five shows across Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. More details can be found here. The story was first confirmed by a DM sent to the owner of IG’s most popular RATM fan account, from Juliette Lewis, the Hollywood star and girlfriend of Brad Wilk, the band’s drummer.

The Congresswoman is Neither a Russian Shill nor an Assad Apologist — During the second round of the Democratic presidential debates, Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard levied a surprise attack on Senator Kamala Harris’s record, from her time as the Attorney General of California. …

Part 2 — This is the second of a two-part series. The first part can be read here. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. …

For the lover, the beat between her and him is swung. He rolls his heart around atop his tongue, as its words float softly to her. She breathes in the streams of serendipity as they coddle the flow from this moment to the next, bending the day to night before them. Through muted syllables in a low lit room. His message is swung, as a splattering of poetics, lit by the very fire that raises the hairs along his spine when he's in her gravity. It perks her understanding, blooming after dark, a Queen of the Night.