An Appeal To All Who Bleed
Who are the people we pass every day, and why are they here? An appeal to remember that immigrants are our neighbors, and that we all bleed.
The Kind of Radicalism We Need Now: The Abolitionists’ Answer to Far-Right Extremism
A combat veteran says the right wing in American politics has been radicalized further than most Americans realize, and that voting out the Republicans won’t be enough. Adam G. House argues the country needs a public reckoning with white Christian supremacist violence, and that Americans should look to the abolitionists.
Amateur Hour in the Executive Branch: Veterans on the War in Iran and the Commander in Chief Who Started It
At the end of March, with the Iran war entering its second month and the casualty count already climbing, I attended the No Kings protest in Austin looking for veterans. I found plenty of them. After the piece ran at Slate I heard from several others who weren‘t at the protest but wanted to add…
The Killing of Alex Pretti Should Be the Breaking Point
Alex Pretti’s death shows what happens when armed federal agents are given political cover to operate above the law and the public is told to ignore what it can plainly see. When the state kills in public and lies about it afterward, neutrality is no longer an option.
Combat Veteran Signs Up to Talk About Trash at a Tennessee County Meeting… and Uses His Time to Torch ICE and Confederate Symbols
On January 15th, 2026, Afghanistan War veteran and Murfreesboro resident Adam House signed up to address the county commission about trash in the downtown area. And that’s exactly what he did. At a recent Rutherford County Commission meeting in Murfreesboro, the agenda moves along as expected. Budget items. Procedural motions. Public comment. Then the chair calls the next…
Political Violence and the Paradox of Free Expression
“If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence.”—Justice Louis Brandeis I wasn’t exactly Charlie Kirk’s biggest fan. I found him to be an annoying, performative MAGA agitator helping to usher in…
Combat Vet Stands Against Trump, ICE, & Politicization of the Military
Choose you this day whom ye shall serve. It is imperative that We The People maintain a ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY FOR DICTATORS. “I, Adam G. House, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and…
Skipping Due Process in the Name of Expediency Is Just State-Sponsored Kidnapping
Treating the Constitution like an inconvenience isn’t how you protect a country - it’s how you dismantle it.
Trump’s Third-Term Talk Is a Warning We Shouldn’t Ignore
After nearly a decade of Donald Trump dominating America’s frontal lobe, most of us have developed the survival skill of rolling our eyes and moving on. Ten years of Trump noise will do that to a body. We’ve watched reality TV bleed straight into the Oval Office until everyone’s half-sedated, doom-scrolling through each new absurdity…
