<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA["Wright's Writing"]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wright's Writing]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:19:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.wrightswriting.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Trump wants “denuclearization,” but does Washington?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Current trends are headed towards this. [This article was published at Common Dreams . ] In the grim competition between environmental...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/trump-wants-denuclearization-but-does-washington</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68cc715baef6910f9dd42cb3</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2025 21:02:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_1ac1d6a47c264062a00f27fdec5e0a9a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_688,h_516,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postliberalism: a brief history of a resurgent ideology]]></title><description><![CDATA[This scumbag is a "postliberal." [The following interview was published here .] Introduction : Like any “ism,” liberalism is many things,...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/postliberalism-a-brief-history-of-a-resurgent-ideology</link><guid isPermaLink="false">67ba395a2c47d3953d4aaa4b</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2025 21:03:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_233e5ad7b941426088b58d2001d15f04~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_683,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The science on low-carb vs. high-carb diets]]></title><description><![CDATA[The subject of this post is pretty far afield from what I usually write about, but the book I just read is so brilliant I had to write a...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-science-on-low-carb-vs-high-carb-diets</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66c9318e7c0559e32ca3c148</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Aug 2024 01:35:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_b5cc9cfb108d47f18a499fc4860847f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_906,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA["Journal of a Dissenter," 1996-2024]]></title><description><![CDATA[Probably unwisely, I've posted my lifelong intellectual journal online, specifically on Google Books .  It's a very long document that no...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/journal-1996-2024</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6682db0f1cfa33bd0c610109</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jul 2024 20:12:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_58c293fa96e54ef8be4b71363a4bea0c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_900,h_600,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[NATO's endgame appears to be nuclear war]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at Compact .] The world is at its most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Back then,...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/nato-s-endgame-appears-to-be-nuclear-war</link><guid isPermaLink="false">667af0ddacac79ff9caf5a7a</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jun 2024 16:34:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_b5eab067f2294fe190c4561832f22f76~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_853,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thoughts on the Gaza genocide, the worst crime of the 21st century (so far)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My journal helps keep me sane. From January to March I've occasionally jotted down thoughts on the horrors occurring every day in Gaza,...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/thoughts-on-the-gaza-genocide-the-worst-crime-of-the-21st-century-so-far</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66202893013a37cc17900ce5</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:04:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_6cdfedeb043c4e96b3e3d44d90c10ee7~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Notes on botany]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've found politics so incredibly bleak lately, and I've been so frustrated by my inability to make any kind of difference...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/notes-on-botany</link><guid isPermaLink="false">661eda8468c66f69f483af79</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 20:20:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_753ae1dac9284c1ba54bb90cc6e75277~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_676,h_516,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postliberalism: a dangerous “new” conservatism]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published in The Philosophical Salon.] In Wilhelm von Humboldt’s book The Limits of State Action (1792), one of the...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/postliberalism-a-dangerous-new-conservatism</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64d1387655a13f461f0d4eba</guid><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Oct 2023 17:36:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_d0068318245f4ad3b2e4017bb1036876~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Postliberals against the common good]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published at Common Dreams.] “The Republican Party is the most dangerous organization in human history,” says Noam Chomsky. It seems...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/postliberals-against-the-common-good</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64f8e68dea0ef385a04f83e7</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 02:17:34 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_b2aaf3c8180d455f9c3746f29e3de599~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_400,h_400,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nikole Hannah-Jones, Frederick Douglass, and the Left]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published at Dissident Voice and other places.] Twitter conversations with public intellectuals are rarely worthy of note, but a recent...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/nikole-hannah-jones-frederick-douglass-and-the-left</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64f7415329fe1b448cbfe303</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 20:45:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_fdd8f1dd705d46c881b58e70c547e20d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_700,h_776,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love of freedom defines the political left, not the right]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at Sublation and other venues.] Political discourse in the United States consists largely of lies and...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/love-of-freedom-defines-the-left-not-the-right</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64666b4eb56528bf2b81be5d</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2023 21:43:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_f220653f50b4424fbb3289f0eee4d445~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_400,h_348,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What “security threat” does China pose?]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at Common Dreams.] Everyone who abhors war, detests imperialism, and favors cooperation between nations on...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/what-security-threat-does-china-pose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64507afa88f0298a90cbaade</guid><category><![CDATA[History of capitalism]]></category><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 02 May 2023 16:18:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_93a6e24eb63b452584025831714bd1ae~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The second Cold War is more dangerous than the first]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published in Compact magazine.] Twenty years ago, Noam Chomsky published a bestselling book called Hegemony or Survival. Since then, the...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-second-cold-war-is-more-dangerous-than-the-first</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6442a0920785017417938e44</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2023 14:48:29 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_fe2124075b834636a3749609558c75fe~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_720,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The left and the war in Ukraine]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published at Common Dreams.] To be a leftist in the United States is a dispiriting experience, but in the last year one of the more...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-left-and-the-war-in-ukraine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">643f366763a284c286999a7e</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2023 19:06:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_7e8aef5cb3774be0a09fef82f8fa650a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dusk in Vietnam]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This is a short story I wrote twenty years ago after visiting Vietnam for a couple of weeks. It starts with a dream and ends with...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/dusk-in-vietnam</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5f4fa0c6d2e10c0018eb47ed</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:00:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_ec636227aefa473688b52da13b95178c~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_480,h_360,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to rebuild the left]]></title><description><![CDATA[[Published in Dissident Voice.] One might as well state the matter clearly: given the realities of global warming, rampant environmental...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/how-to-rebuild-the-left</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63f815402a5f4e400291d8d0</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2023 23:57:50 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_ed1faf8055b541d5b0c1ac12a0d5895e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_500,h_281,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The righteous outrage of Norman Finkelstein]]></title><description><![CDATA[[A book review published at Common Dreams.] As I was reading Norman Finkelstein’s new book, I’ll Burn That Bridge When I Get to It!:...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-righteous-outrage-of-norman-finkelstein</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d9a5f026ad8ff132323354</guid><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2023 23:54:14 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_d8cb445186a74797961dc4a7a5ae9fce~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_401,h_325,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Book of Joe: A Satire of Capitalist Society]]></title><description><![CDATA[Here's an insanely long post. It's actually a "literary experiment" I wrote almost twenty years ago (as the following preface says, which...]]></description><link>https://www.wrightswriting.com/post/the-book-of-joe-a-satire-of-capitalist-society</link><guid isPermaLink="false">63d88cd57f8d9f5abe629eeb</guid><category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category><category><![CDATA[Cultural commentary]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 04:40:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/9b146c_174a6b30dbd3477086cd34197abf0119~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_251,h_201,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chris Wright</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only class struggle can save the left]]></title><description><![CDATA[[This article was published at Sublation.] A striking paradox of the history of the left is that it is full of self-defeat. 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