Tom Shackleford, Author at Identity Dixie

You’ve Always Been Here

Her exclamation: You’re so deep! My reply: Well, thank you. My insights into character flaws come from reading Plutarch’s Lives.

There are various historical instances of a righteous man dispensing violence to someone who really had it coming. I wish

One path to becoming a dissident is noticing that the front-facing political process offers little explanatory value for how decisions

I’m wondering what advice Americans are dispensing to Ukrainians. If I were one of these advisors, I guess it would

People in countries where they don’t have to deal with blacks often have a tough time appreciating just how much

We’ve reached a stage in America where anyone capable of performing critical thinking in any official capacity better keep his

I suppose “doomsayer” might be something of a fair epithet for a writer such as myself. Although, in my defense

Over my years of writing rightwing dissent, I’ve noticed there are certain immutable characteristics of my fellow travelers. One is

There’s been a lot of great alternative media coverage about the war in Ukraine. Since events drive traffic, I try

Humans aren’t all the same, which is reflected in their moral outlooks on society and their interpretation of various situations.