Tim Barrus Blog
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. I am still a single parent. Call the babysitter. Go to work. I should be shamed for writing this. That’s the thing about survival. The issue is not morality. This is a class issue. This is an economic issue. This is a caste issue. Mainly women. But I’ve…
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The Undecided
Take notes. In the bedrock heart of America, there’s always Vegas. It’s the highwire act in the middle of the dog and pony show. I was doing a magazine piece, and I was stuck in Vegas. There was a long row of one-armed bandits. I wanted this one on tape.…
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A Chill in Publishingland
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/27/opinion/publishing-literary-antisemitism.html As Published in the NewYork Times, May 27, 2024 A Chill Has Fallen Over Jews in Publishing James Kirchick is right. Publishing finds itself between a rock and a hard place. Publishing books hasn’t been a place led by the same old, same old, fat white men for a…
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The New York Times Has a Blacklist It Uses 2 Cull Through Comments So Everyone Can Appear 2 Agree
I am a writer. I write books. I am not allowed to comment at the New York Times. They have removed my voice with an arrogant indifference. The word indifference can and does translate to the word hate. Scott is an extraordinary writer. Takes no prisoners. I doubt he would…
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Tim Barrus: I Was In The Crowd in Wisconsin When the Killing Spree Went Down
I am with Antifa. America is a fascist country. I am a communist that the New York Times abuses on a regular basis. There are no black people who work as comment moderators. Talk, talk, talk. Our writing is evaluated by old white men who hate harder than I do.…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
In order for greed to thrive, there has to be some kind of a culture, or the approximation of one, for greed to thrive in. To pretend capitalism is the breeding ground of morality, is to pretend that a television personality is Santa Claus who goes from house to house,…
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Tim Barrus: New York Times
The definition of evil has to do with indifference. When American democracy is indifferent to the American people, democracy itself risks being rendered as an amusing afterthought, one that cannot stand in the face of a dictaorship. Power is power, and people who have it will pull out the big…