Books editor at @reason; author of THE UNITED STATES OF PARANOIA (HarperCollins) and REBELS ON THE AIR (NYU Press). Stoopnocracy is peachy.
Dec 28, 2019 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
1. I like reading these decade-in-review pieces, but I keep wondering: How many people looked back at the end of 2009 and said, "You know what was really important in this decade? That game show with Donald Trump in it. That's gonna change everything."
2. How many people looked back from 1999 and said, "I feel like those embassy bombing in '98 are a prelude for something big, the sort of thing that separates one era from another"?