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
“The Angry U.S. Negro's Rallying Cries Are Confusing His Just And Urgent Cause”
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics The New York Times’ Jamelle Bouie gave the newsletter a shoutout (Welcome, new subscribers!) in a recent column [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/opinion/democrats-progressives-moderates-elections.html] on the Democrats’ interminable messaging debate, the subject of another recent column [https://www.
Can The Right Get Any Worse? (Yes.)
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics I’ve written in the newsletter before about Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, admittedly less because I’ve been a close student of his governance than because I’m fascinated by who he is ideologically — a real deal Republican “moderate” in the
Giving Thanks for Survey Research
Hey all, I wanted to take a post to talk about a few recent polling reports I’ve been thinking about recently. Let’s hop to it. Politics Earlier this month, Jacobin and YouGov released a report [https://images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/08095656/CWCPReport_CommonsenseSolidarity.pdf] on
Wes Anderson Is Good, Sorry.
Searchlight PicturesFilm I’m not ashamed to say I liked The French Dispatch, and I don’t really mind Anderson’s whole schtick either — the fact that he’s developed a distinctive style and a preferred set of characters and themes can’t reasonably be counted as a strike against
Purpose, Pleasure, and Blowing Up Pipelines
Hey all, There’ll be a politics post later this week and another sooner on The French Dispatch, which I enjoyed, but today I thought I’d share a few pieces I’ve been thinking about recently that seem to rhyme thematically. Let’s hop to it. Culture & Politics
Confederation & Constitution
Hey all, Just one housekeeping note: I recently signed up as an affiliate with Bookshop [https://bookshop.org/] — a site that dedicates a portion of its book sales to independent bookstores. It’s a neat alternative to Amazon, and I hope to curate lists of recommended books and such on
Virginia Is For Blunders
Hey all, There’ll be one more post this weekend. Let’s hop to this one. Politics I spent the late evening of my birthday this week parsing the results of Virginia’s governor’s race. And I’ve been thinking a good deal about McAuliffe’s loss since, not
