Jeff Horner
@jeffhorner.bsky.social
Teaching Professor of Urban Studies at Wayne State University. Urban Planner. Student of film and literature. Great-great grandson of a bigamist. Parent (but only one spouse). Thoughts expressed are exclusively my own.
And next week it'll be "we need to kill Social Security to save Social Security."
January 18, 2026 at 3:30 PM
And next week it'll be "we need to kill Social Security to save Social Security."
Great movie, written by former Detroit Free Press Executive Editor Kurt Luedtke, Oscar nom for best screenplay, Newman and Melinda Dillon acting noms also.
January 18, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Great movie, written by former Detroit Free Press Executive Editor Kurt Luedtke, Oscar nom for best screenplay, Newman and Melinda Dillon acting noms also.
So can we get the generals to trick him into a meeting at a neutral site and make him sign an anti-MAGA Carta?
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
So can we get the generals to trick him into a meeting at a neutral site and make him sign an anti-MAGA Carta?
Just love the way she adjusts her performative crucifix before she delivers her hateful pissy responses.
January 16, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Just love the way she adjusts her performative crucifix before she delivers her hateful pissy responses.
Hitler had to take power by force and arson. The Republican Party and Supreme Court just chooses to hand it over through actions and inaction.
January 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Hitler had to take power by force and arson. The Republican Party and Supreme Court just chooses to hand it over through actions and inaction.
As eloquent and erudite as Christopher Hitchens...
January 14, 2026 at 2:04 AM
As eloquent and erudite as Christopher Hitchens...
His wit is downright Churchillian.
January 14, 2026 at 12:43 AM
His wit is downright Churchillian.
I guess Pissy Missy just set us straight...
January 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I guess Pissy Missy just set us straight...
Maybe, but the eyelined VP won't have the same hold over Congress.
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 PM
Maybe, but the eyelined VP won't have the same hold over Congress.
Blame the supporters of this most useful idiot serving conservative "beliefs." He is the GOP monster many years in the making who's escaped the lab.
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Blame the supporters of this most useful idiot serving conservative "beliefs." He is the GOP monster many years in the making who's escaped the lab.
Soon all southern schools will be teaching Liberty University's curriculum. Would love to hear how A&M's Provost deals with favorite son LBJ and National Civil Rights...
January 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
Soon all southern schools will be teaching Liberty University's curriculum. Would love to hear how A&M's Provost deals with favorite son LBJ and National Civil Rights...
With her venal finger in the wind
January 4, 2026 at 8:11 PM
With her venal finger in the wind
The weird American thing is that we subsidize suburban and exurban development to the exclusion of urban centers. Socialism for the suburbs, hard capitalism for urban centers. American Exceptionalism indeed.
January 1, 2026 at 5:51 PM
The weird American thing is that we subsidize suburban and exurban development to the exclusion of urban centers. Socialism for the suburbs, hard capitalism for urban centers. American Exceptionalism indeed.
This is by design.
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is by design.
Brian Cox in Manhunter makes Tony Hopkins' Lector seem like a bank president.
December 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Brian Cox in Manhunter makes Tony Hopkins' Lector seem like a bank president.
Probably on right-wing welfare until next Presidential election. National ranked-choice voting now!
December 30, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Probably on right-wing welfare until next Presidential election. National ranked-choice voting now!
Yes, because of Saquon Barkley.
December 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Yes, because of Saquon Barkley.
Not until they have other ways to get around. Raise gas taxes and channel a significant portion of it to better and cheaper modes of transit for the 40% of the population over 16 that doesn't drive.
December 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Not until they have other ways to get around. Raise gas taxes and channel a significant portion of it to better and cheaper modes of transit for the 40% of the population over 16 that doesn't drive.
Then what is the mature approach, Senator?
December 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Then what is the mature approach, Senator?
His voters don't admire him, as he is they. They support him because he hates the same people they hate.
December 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
His voters don't admire him, as he is they. They support him because he hates the same people they hate.
Sounds like the mommy party is now in charge!
December 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Sounds like the mommy party is now in charge!
Clinton's tax-exempt Empowerment Zones ('93) were a Reagan-era idea borrowed from Thatcher. Needless to say, neoliberal economic development didn't work to improve disinvested areas. Workers who benefit from it simply moved out of the tax-exempt zone.
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Clinton's tax-exempt Empowerment Zones ('93) were a Reagan-era idea borrowed from Thatcher. Needless to say, neoliberal economic development didn't work to improve disinvested areas. Workers who benefit from it simply moved out of the tax-exempt zone.