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    POTUS Defense: Merely an Advocate of Insurrection
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jan 14, 2021
    • 6 min

    POTUS Defense: Merely an Advocate of Insurrection

    There’s a game people play when opening their fortune cookies. You read your fortune out loud and add “in bed” at the end. It’s not so...
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    Josh Hawley Thinks You're Stupid
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jan 7, 2021
    • 5 min

    Josh Hawley Thinks You're Stupid

    In “Dwight K. Schrute, (Acting) Manager,” from season 7 of The Office, Dwight Schrute, played by Rainn Wilson, accidently fires a gun at...
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    Letter to Senator Josh Hawley
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jan 3, 2021
    • 0 min

    Letter to Senator Josh Hawley

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    Keep On: Thoughts on the Moral Aftermath of the Murder of George Floyd
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jun 29, 2020
    • 30 min

    Keep On: Thoughts on the Moral Aftermath of the Murder of George Floyd

    “The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent...
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    The Second Half of the Sentence
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Oct 13, 2019
    • 13 min

    The Second Half of the Sentence

    The phrase that got all the attention was “I would like you to do us a favor though.” Because we can hear it in the mouth of a movie...
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    Rejection Feeds Artistic Creation. Canceling Starves It. (Part 1 of 2)
    RBSonnenmoser
    • May 7, 2019
    • 10 min

    Rejection Feeds Artistic Creation. Canceling Starves It. (Part 1 of 2)

    I’ve been thinking a lot about rejection lately. Which is to say: I’m writing. The memoir I’ve been writing for the last few years is...
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    Rejection Feeds Artistic Creation. Cancellation Starves It. (Part 2 of 2)
    RBSonnenmoser
    • May 7, 2019
    • 11 min

    Rejection Feeds Artistic Creation. Cancellation Starves It. (Part 2 of 2)

    During the "Ask Ellen" segment of Relatable, Degeneres invites a friend, the actor Laura Dern, who is sitting in the audience (next to...
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    Living with the Low Boil
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Feb 5, 2019
    • 12 min

    Living with the Low Boil

    A wildly inappropriate simmering rage that, to my shame, lives beneath even typical Saturdays Last weekend, Kori and I took our kids to...
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    These Storms Will Change You
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jan 23, 2019
    • 9 min

    These Storms Will Change You

    A Review of Heather Harpham's Happiness I’ve been thinking a lot about this Facebook post by my friend and colleague John Gallaher:...
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    Messrs. Graves, Blunt, and Hawley,
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jan 11, 2019
    • 11 min

    Messrs. Graves, Blunt, and Hawley,

    Tear down this wall. They’re going to get jobs. I think I’m going to do very well with Hispanics. But we’re building a wall. He’s a...
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    “So, Whatever”: Why I Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Pt. 1
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jan 5, 2019
    • 9 min

    “So, Whatever”: Why I Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Pt. 1

    The 2018 election's over. Kavanaugh's been confirmed. He's earning a salary and writing opinions. So I know what I'm not doing: trying to...
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    “So, Whatever”: Why I Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Pt. 2
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jan 5, 2019
    • 12 min

    “So, Whatever”: Why I Believe Christine Blasey Ford, Pt. 2

    Because his calendars are calendars. Or: An exploration of why Brett Kavanaugh's conventions, codes, and stories only convinced me that...
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    Of Frogs in Drain Pipes
    RBSonnenmoser
    • Jan 2, 2019
    • 9 min

    Of Frogs in Drain Pipes

    Do I write music and literary prose for the same reason that male frogs seek out cavernous spaces to amplify their voices? As a way to...
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