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Food Fights
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Culture/Politics I’ve been following the discourse about the closure of Copenhagen’s Noma in between stretches of writing. Here’s Bon Appétit with the basic rundown: In a statement to Bon Appétit, a Noma spokesperson said that they do not
Goodbye, 2022.
Hey all. As promised, this is a Year in Review post. I hope you've been well and that the newsletter’s been of some real value to you in its first full year. I’ve been focused on the book throughout and haven’t published much, but most
Democracy: A Very Short Reading List
Hey all. Hope you’re having a great holiday season. There'll be one more end-of-year post next week and I’ll roll over this month’s queries for Mail Time into the new year. Send more if you’ve got any: nwanevuletter@gmail.com. As you probably know,
More Speech About Speech
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics I don’t know that there’s ever an ideal time to be writing a book about ditching the Constitution, but it is a particularly odd moment for the project. While the deficiencies of our federal institutions have become more obvious
Mail Time!
Hey all. Going to be away from this till December, but here's a Mail Time post to tide you over. As always, send any and all questions to nwanevuletter@gmail.com. Let's hop to it. From Daniel: > I don’t have much substantial to say
Better Than Mid
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Recent Work I did a first pass at a Midterms Take [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/10/why-democrats-had-best-midterms-presidents-party-years] for The Guardian last week: > Leave the rest of the numbers aside for a moment and consider these figures. The party of
Fellas, Is It Anti-Democratic To Defend Democracy?
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics As you might have heard, there’s an election tomorrow. I was going to write about it today, but I don’t see the point, really. We’ll have concrete results to talk about tomorrow and in the days and weeks ahead.
Democracy: It's Complicated.
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics Last week, I finished and turned in about half of my book on democracy — about 42,500 words, about 160 pages — which should be out sometime in 2024. What that means logistically for the newsletter is that I should get back to
“Transformative Politics”
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics A few days ago, the New York Times ran a guest essay [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/07/opinion/obama-lost-book-manuscript.html] from the historian Timothy Shenk on a lost manuscript Barack Obama and his friend, the economics professor Robert Fisher,
Are Men OK?
Hey all. I hope to be back to regularity with this soon, but it's been rough with a major book deadline approaching. Until then, I'd like to make up for it with longish posts, like this one, when I can. As always, send in any questions
