Apparent Horizon Archives

A Masterclass In Stereotyping

As an aging townie, a handful of figures have been fixtures in Boston journalism since I was a teenager. Howie Carr, who is a good deal older than me, is one of them. An early example of the “angry white guy” type of conservative commentator, he’s unusual among adepts of

JASON PRAMAS September 11, 2026

Elite Socialists Don’t Get It

In a recent Jacobin article, Noah Suárez-Sikes, “an organizer with the Los Angeles chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America,” criticized mainstream news outlets for gleefully outing DSA leaders who hail from backgrounds that range from upper-middle class to upper class. Dubbed “Class traitors are welcome in the socialist movement,”

JASON PRAMAS August 28, 2026

Yellow Skies Are Not Pretty

BOSTON – Many older environmentalists, myself included, have been trying to warn our fellow human beings about the danger of global warming since the 1980s. Back then, there were fewer signs that what the vast majority of climate scientists were already saying about the then-looming crisis would come true. Over

JASON PRAMAS July 17, 2026

The ‘Prairieland’ Verdict Is Bad News For The First Amendment

You may have heard of the “Prairieland” trial in which nine activists who participated in an anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement protest on July 4, 2025 at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas were recently convicted on a host of extremely serious charges and eight were just sentenced to a

JASON PRAMAS June 26, 2026

Controversial Cookbooks: From Duncan Hines To Mario Batali

Since current events have been uglier than ever, I thought I’d give myself a break this week and write about my second-favorite activity next to journalism: cooking. Nothing heavy, right? I mean it’s cooking. But no. You see, one of the fun things about cooking—certainly from my perspective as a

JASON PRAMAS April 3, 2026

Take It From A Cold War Kid: The US/Israel War On Iran Risks Becoming A Global Conflagration

As I sat down to write this dispatch, like anyone else following world happenings in an even cursory manner I found myself overwhelmed by the urge to continue absorbing minute-by-minute coverage of the monstrous US and Israel war on Iran. As I have been doing nearly every waking hour since

JASON PRAMAS March 27, 2026

More Antiwar Culture Is Needed To Build A Powerful Antiwar Movement

In a BINJ.News editorial last week, I found myself doing a fast analysis of the various factions I see that are for or against the US and Israeli war on Iran. My purpose was to invite people active in those factions to send in opinion articles reviewing why they have

JASON PRAMAS March 13, 2026

Grokipedia And Me

Like many journalists, I have alerts set up on major search engines watching for any mention of my name on the Internet—to keep track of who might be trying to sue me or have me fed to sharks at any particular moment. A system that used to work better when

JASON PRAMAS January 15, 2026

On Venezuela, On Minneapolis, Protest Matters … Keep It Up

Running a news weekly as I do, it’s always interesting to watch the narrative around developing stories that I might comment on as a journalist change quickly over days or even hours. Such is the case with two big national and international stories of great interest to Massachusetts residents this

JASON PRAMAS January 8, 2026

A Few Points On Strategy For Left Activists At Boston University

Last week, when I suggested that the best way for anyone appalled by the actions of the conservative Boston University student I dubbed “the BU Snitch” to combat right-wing anti-immigrant views is to help organize a strong left wing, I was encouraging people to work hard to win political battles

JASON PRAMAS November 20, 2025