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Goodbye, 2023.

Hey all. It’s been a terribly long year for me and perhaps for most of us, and I can’t say it’s ending very well. But I’ve been heartened throughout by wonderful writing ⁠— I really do feel better about the profession today than when I started seven

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How Badly Should The Left Feel About People Feeling Badly About The Economy?

BIden at a lectern surrounded by signage on Bidenomics.
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On Gaza, Part I

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The Good Intentions Paving Company

Bill Clinton smiling, hand raised in a cheering fist, at a 1992 campaign rally.
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On "Rich Men" and Right-Wing Populism

Donald Trump waves to cheering supporters in front of his private jet at a 2015 rally in Mesa, Arizona.
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Some Leftovers on the Left

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What's Left for the Left in Washington?

Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics It’s been a while since I’ve done a straight-up politics post and I suppose that’s reflective of my state of interest in most of what’s been going on. There were some exchanges worth thinking through about a

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More on Men

Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Culture/Politics I didn’t expect to touch upon this subject again within the year when I filed my post on Jordan Peterson and masculinity discourse last fall, but it appears that we men are still in crisis. That, at any rate, is

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Mail Time, the Fourth, and Democratic Vistas

Hey all. Here’s a Mail Time post, as promised, with a lot extra tacked on. Remember, send in any questions and comments you might have for me to nwanevuletter@gmail.com. Let’s hop to it. Daniel writes in about my letter on Pablo-matic and the state of culture:

An elderly, bearded, and seated Walt Whitman as photographed late in life, in black and white, by George Collins Cox. 1887.
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On Debate

Hey all. The next letter will be Mail Time, so send in your questions to nwanevuletter@gmail.com soon! Let’s hop to it. Politics I’ve only loosely followed the Peter Hotez saga over the last few days; from what I understand, he’s refused to debate RFK Jr.

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