Tim Barrus Blog
Posts tagged with new-york-times-opinion
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Tim Barrus: Eat the Rich
The New York Times has a set paradigm where frequently, I am asked – by third parties – questions, questions. And I try to address them. I think I got some of that action with this one. Sometimes there are so many questions, I don’t have time. I wish I…
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Tim Barrus: Autistic Being Touched
I am autistic. I do not hug. I do not look at faces, and I never look directly at eyes. Covid gave me an excuse to not shake hands. People do not believe that the experience of being touched is not the same for everyone. If I read my books…
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BIGWIGGY
I am a communist. Mainly because there are so many little American henchmen I desire to annoy. Guerrilla Theatre: A bank lobby. A department store. A mall lobby. Break up a corporate bigwiggy conference. Sing songs. They hate songs. Parking lots. Free diapers for everyone. Give a die in a…
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Boys And Bedrooms
I am autistic. Sex seems to be the proverbial bugabuga that it’s always been. Leave the kids alone. Or they will find another place and it might not be a place adults approve of. Sex in cars is a lot of work. I would bet the ranch that the two…
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Tim Barrus: Public Schools Are Finished
I am a communist. I am a writer. Did someone say rejection. The Shibboleth. “Waiting Times” are measured in years. They’re ghosting you. Rejection is when your agent hasn’t called you ever. But you keep waiting because you are a writer and you have hope. Hope is a rarity as…
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Community Works
I am a communist. I am a communist because I am intimate with poverty. How bad was it. The question isn’t how bad was it. The question is how bad is it now. We are still living in voodoo economics. I am not indolent. I am not a grifter. I…
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Wolf Puppies
I am a communist. The only thing that has ever brought me “happiness” was sitting in a bare room that contained a box, and then having six timber wolf puppy new-borns climb out of the box to come find me to nibble on. Wolf puppies are born toothless, deaf, and…
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TIM BARRUS: THE HA HA
I am a communist. I would read anything by Jamelle Bouie. To create a list of the deviant’s crimes, would take several issues of NYT. History will see the deviant as even more deviant than we knew. Mister Deviant, you are not running the world. Nanny has been busy. But…
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Tim Barrus: Beating Up Bloody Bullies
I am a communist. All is not okay. I took the black pill a while ago. Full stop. The vibe here is: Agony. I put my children on a flight out of this sick and sickening country. Daddy stays in America to fight. All is not okay. I will not…
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HOMO SAPIENS
I am a communist. What does that mean. I don’t really know. I am attracted to the idea that Capitalism has no heart in its cold and bitter soul, and having studied civil societies for a long time, I would argue that we are still living with political paradigms that…
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Tim Barrus: No Imagination
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/opinion/trump-100-days-approval.html#permid=141592235 I am a communist. I like the sense of distance here in terms of stepping back, carefully. The background of the piece is telling me to be very wary because instability is unpredictability. The human brain is a predictability machine. It assesses risk. Here’s one: I predict summer. The…
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Tim Barrus: No Safe Zone Underground Bunker
I am kinda stunned. For the last ten years, I have been writing a book about how do homo sapiens build back an entire culture. A bit dystopian, but grounded in reality. Everyone leaves their bunkers at the same time. I am afraid of Americans. I am terrified by Americans.…
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Tim Barrus: Playing In The Rubble
I am a communist. I note that short term pain is code for something is going to be removed. For the disabled, it will mean food. It will mean medications. I know that is not what you want to hear. But the measuring itself is an institution of massive variables.…
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Tim Barrus: The Dark King
I am a communist. The issue is class and caste. The capitalists love putting their wealth in everyone’s face. The old adage – the poor want to be rich, too – is showing cracks in the facade. Americans cannot afford the lives they are living. There is fuel to this…
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Tim Barrus: Burying America
I am a communist. A call for courage. Americans can get caught up in the terror of that knock on the door. In reality, they’re not knocking on doors. They’re breaking them down. We will come for you while you sleep. We will take your children, and tear up your…
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Capitalism Has Failed
I am a communist. Marx got it right: “There must be something rotten in the very core of a social system which increases its wealth without diminishing its misery.” How do you measure misery. When I am writing in foreign countries, I like to go visit grocery stores. I go…
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WHY IS THE CULTURE SEEKING WORTH AND VALIDATION
tim barrus I am a communist. So what is all this stuff about how you can save the system. Even the word – system – is a regularly interacting or interdependent group of items forming a unified whole. You are articulating informed theory that people might behave one way or…
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The Deviant Will Kill Us All
I am a communist. The deviant wants to kill us all. But Americans do not believe it. Brooks is not alone. The pessimism he seems to struggle with isn’t pessimism, it’s reality. The dividing line between suicide and homicide is razor thin. Rapist psychodynamic traits emerge as an overly assaultive,…
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I AM A COMMUNIST
tim barrus I am a communist. I have been screaming about what is going to happen, and then it did. Happen. I told you so. I told you so. This will not be published because I said: I told you so. Three times. I told Americans this would happen –…
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Children At War
I am a communist. Get over it. I have as much right to be here as you do. Christianity is a pornography. How many wars have we fought because Christians demanded it. Demanding the death of Other People is what Christianity is all about. It is the most ruthless venality…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. Appalachia: I have coffee in the coffee shop on Main Street. We call it Main. The City Fathers arrived to answer questions. There is really only one question: Why did no one show up to help us through a hurricane. You rebuild. Struggling. There used to be mountain…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. The left gets trashed. It’s obfuscation. Who are these people. Name them. You always condemn but condemn who. Why do writers attack a ghost. What are you so afraid of. I’m a radical (are you shivering in your shoes). I cannot be a leftist because it’s lame. And…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. I love the shooting from the hip style of writing. I have never understood why Americans cannot fight back hard. The convicted felon spits in Washington, DC’s face. That statement alone will be too strong for the comments police. The NYT is denigrating what they, themselves, have become.…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. I am not amused. The good. The bad. And the indifferent. A legal argument. It’s usually a legal/religious debate. If you read closely, that would be David French debating David French. This is illegal. It is also illegal for any person to drool over all the money these…
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Tim Barrus New York Times
Take notes. Elon Musk is a wildcard. Reminds me of a guy running down the street as fast as he can being chased by a dog. Soon enough Musk asks the dog: Do you know who I am. The dog replies: I surely do. Musk reminds me of parts of…