Jorts the cat. Jean helps me.

Artist: Magic the Gathering, gallery work, commissions, and paint splashes resembling tipsy critters, among other Things. Occasional wearer of shoes. linktr.ee/omarrayyan

Father, writer, photographer, drinker of Guinness.

Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.

A Republic, if you can keep it.

I like apples. I post photos. I dig birds. I write books. The next book is THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS, April 2025. Yes, I'm cringe. What do you want from me, I'm a 48-year-old dad and my brain is a mouse-eaten shoebox.

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