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Adam Johnson
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Adam Johnson writes The Column, a personal blog at columnblog.com about politics and writing. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 6 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-08, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Commentary on US politics, media and labour. HN readers cite its 2022 post on trucker pay and the 'labor shortage', which one commenter says does a great job of explaining the issue.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Media and political analysis from Adam Johnson (with contributions from Sarah Lazare).
What Hacker News says?
https://www.columnblog.com/p/if-harris-opposes-trumps-horrif... > ### If Harris Opposes Trump’s Horrific Gaza Policies, She Should Say So > Her defenders insist she would have been “better on Gaza.” This is very possible. But why doesn’t she explain how in her own words? I'm still waiting.
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on “Trump administration halts Harvard's ability to enroll international students”Submitted "Massacred" vs. "Left to Die": Documenting Media Bias Against Palestinians as a story · 15 points
HN discussionHere's the best description I've heard of homelessness. It goes in stages: 1. You are evicted or priced out of your apartment or house. You are still working but you are now housing insecure. You might couchsurf, stay temporarily with friends or relatives or otherwise hop around until those options run out; 2. You are now living in your car. You likely still maintain a job. There's a constant cat-and-mouse with loca…
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on “California's most neglected group of students: the gifted ones”Here is an article from 2022 that does a great job of explaining the issue: https://www.columnblog.com/p/us-media-celebrates-letting-18-... "Cut to 2022. Wages are still down 30% to 50% in key markets, and the job is as dangerous and taxing as ever. Naturally, the pool of people wanting the job would reduce accordingly. Thus, when demand for truckers increases, there’s a “labor shortage.” But, as Peter Greene noted…
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on “Driverless semis have started running regular longhaul routes”Here you go: https://www.columnblog.com/p/the-adl-ignores-yet-another-elo...
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on “Starlink roam 50GB is now 100GB with unlimited slow speed after that”Op-Ed: Why does the Pentagon give a helping hand to films like ‘Top Gun’? https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-05-30/top-gun-mav... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theaters_of_War Pay No Attention to the G-Man Behind the Curtain https://www.theatlantic.com/membership/archive/2018/03/pay-n... In the ‘90s the U.S. Government Paid TV Networks to Weave “Anti-Drug” Messaging Into Their Plot Lines. Here Are the Worst…
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on “The secretive world of North Korean science fiction”