Short Takes To Cure Writers Block

I watched the first hearing of the January 6th Committee, and I was just disappointed. Everything mentioned was something I already knew back when I wrote The Definition of Sedition, albeit outside of a few really specific examples. The Committee should be focused on bringing new information forward about the sheer corruption and authoritarian impulses of the Trump administration — just as the Watergate Committee did — with memorable moments that stick in the heads of the viewers. Instead, we’re basically getting a recap of the last year of news — which means that anybody who would watch these hearings is getting nothing new, and it’s those people who would be watching those hearings that are going to vote in the midterm election later this year.

Honestly, I also think they should have started holding hearings months ago — as they planned to originally, by the way — and spread them out throughout the year. Instead, we’re basically getting a series of back to back hearings over the next handful of weeks — which is not a bad thing per se, but if the idea is to firehose these hearings out, it would have made much more sense to wait until September or October so we don’t run the risk of having more news cycles that cause people to forget these hearings.

The people who are willing to give up democracy for slightly lower gas prices should exercise the same…