Aaron Huertas

Aaron Huertas

Nov
15
Want to Argue with Your Conservative Relatives at Thanksgiving? Don’t. Organize Instead.

Want to Argue with Your Conservative Relatives at Thanksgiving? Don’t. Organize Instead.

Every year, Washington churns out various advice columns for liberals on how to talk to their conservative relatives at Thanksgiving. Then…
6 min read
Sep
27
How to Have A Real Argument about #TakeAKnee

How to Have A Real Argument about #TakeAKnee

Over the past several days, progressives have been having a variety of frustrating arguments, not only with conservatives and Trump…
8 min read
Sep
20
What The Viral Now This Video About Black Lives Matter at the Trump Rally Actually Looked Like on…

What The Viral Now This Video About Black Lives Matter at the Trump Rally Actually Looked Like on…

This past Saturday, downtown DC and the National Mall were pretty active. We had an anti-white-supremacy rally hosted by folks who walked…
5 min read
Sep
15
The Ultimate Protest Go Bag

The Ultimate Protest Go Bag

Living and working in DC, you wind up seeing and going to a lot of protests, rallies and similar public events. Here’s a list of stuff to…
5 min read
Sep
02
Here’s What the New America Foundation Should Have Said About the Google Story

Here’s What the New America Foundation Should Have Said About the Google Story

The New America Foundation, a prominent think tank in DC, is facing scrutiny over its decision to sever ties with a program that was…
3 min read
Sep
01
When Integrity-checking is More Important than Fact-checking: More Bad Faith from Bret Stephens

When Integrity-checking is More Important than Fact-checking: More Bad Faith from Bret Stephens

Yesterday, I posted a quick series of Tweets in response to Bret Stephens’s latest climate column for the New York Times. I was surprised…
3 min read
Aug
30
Beyond the Blame Game: Harvey’s Climate Coverage Shows Us How to Responsibly Respond to a Disaster

Beyond the Blame Game: Harvey’s Climate Coverage Shows Us How to Responsibly Respond to a Disaster

Climate scientists, science communicators and journalists have been doing a great job responding to Hurricane Harvey. This is the result
2 min read
Aug
25
Is it Okay to Politicize a Hurricane? My Exclusive Interview with Hurricane Harvey

Is it Okay to Politicize a Hurricane? My Exclusive Interview with Hurricane Harvey

A lot of people are wondering if it’s okay to “politicize” hurricanes. I was able to reach Hurricane Harvey via telephone to get his…
2 min read
Aug
23
How to Have a Real Political Argument, 2017 Edition

How to Have a Real Political Argument, 2017 Edition

We need to stop having surface-level conversations about politics.
7 min read
Aug
16
The End of Both Siderism — Why We Need to Confront The Consequences of Anti-Democratic Political…

The End of Both Siderism — Why We Need to Confront The Consequences of Anti-Democratic Political…

Updated on 8/18 with responses to a few counter-arguments.
12 min read

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