The Past and Its Uses
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics On Friday, The Baltimore Sun’s editorial board published a remarkable apology [https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0220-sun-racial-reckoning-apology-online-20220218-qp32uybk5bgqrcnd732aicrouu-story.html] for the paper’s history of racist coverage. “Through its news coverage and editorial opinions, The Sun sharpened, preserved and furthered the
Assaying Essays
Hey all. I've been juggling a few pieces and work on the book, so it's been a busy week and a half or so. Expect another letter this weekend. Next weekend will be Mail Time, so don't forget to send me questions if you
The State of the States
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics There isn’t much to be happy about in the headlines, but I think it’s encouraging that people are taking more and more interest in the structural factors shaping American politics. Ross Douthat’s recent column [https://www.nytimes.com/
Spotify, Neil Young, and The Olds
Hey all. Forgot to put out a reminder to send in questions for Mail Time this week. So let this be a reminder to send in questions for next month! Let’s hop to it. Culture There are two conversations to be had about the Spotify and Joe Rogan controversy.
COVID Won't Be Over Until It's Over. And Probably Not Even Then.
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Recent Work I’ve just started a column that’ll run every other month in The Guardian. My first piece [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jan/21/bidens-administration-is-in-shambles-its-not-entirely-his-fault] was on Biden’s first year in office. The headline — “Biden’s administration is
It's The Constitution AND The Decline of Labor Unions, Stupid!
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics In my survey of writing about January 6th, I managed to miss one of the best pieces around on the democratic crisis and where it came from. In their anniversary essay [https://bostonreview.net/articles/the-deep-structure-of-democratic-crisis/?utm_source=Boston+Review+Email+
It's The Constitution, Stupid!
Hey all! Let’s hop to it. Recent Work You’ve probably read it already, but I had a piece [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/04/opinion/capitol-riot.html] in the New York Times’s January 6th package this week. I focused on the institutional factors — including the Electoral
Goodbye, 2021.
Hey all! Let’s hop to it. Recent Work I have blurbs on Critical Race Theory and the billionaire space race in The New York Times' Year in Debates [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/21/opinion/2021-essays-opinion.html] package. It's my first writing for the
“We Can't Govern!”
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Housekeeping I'm taking a break for the holidays, so there'll be one more post next week before the very end of the year. It'll be a Year in Review kind of thing as well as a
