Archive - Contra

December 2024

Keeping the Fire

Notes on New Year's Eve.

Dec 31, 2024 •

Pedro L. Gonzalez

Death of a Whistleblower

A former OpenAI employee who became a critic of the company and artificial intelligence turned up dead.

Dec 20, 2024 •

Pedro L. Gonzalez

The Decline of Black Lives Matter

The wounded state of a movement that set fire to the country.

Dec 19, 2024 •

Pedro L. Gonzalez

Sons and Fathers

Ernest Hemingway and the struggle to love and be loved.

Dec 16, 2024 •

Pedro L. Gonzalez

Top Charge Dismissed in Penny Trial

There's good news and bad news.

Dec 7, 2024 •

Pedro L. Gonzalez

Prosecutor Bias in Penny Trial, Gen Z and Gender Wars, Cormac McCarthy's Muse, Men and the Emerging Culture Shift

A review of things awful and good all over America.

Dec 5, 2024 •

Pedro L. Gonzalez

Daniel Penny’s Fate Hangs in the Balance

Closing arguments started Monday, and his family says it is in God's hands now.

Dec 4, 2024 •

Pedro L. Gonzalez

Welcome to content Hell, plus a December sale.

Dec 2, 2024 •

Pedro L. Gonzalez

November 2024

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