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The Joy of Reading Ulysses in 2024
I am on spring break right now, something that typically causes me to take on all kinds of ridiculous projects. For example, I am holding a private film…
Mar 20
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3/11 Four Years On: Our Demolished Social Trust
I attended a memorial service at a church in Brooklyn last week, and noticed prominent masking guidelines posted in the vestibule. The attendees…
Mar 12
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The Consolations, Limitations and Inspirations of Stoicism
Stoic philosophy seems to be having a moment right now. I see Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations everywhere, from people online discussing it to an Audi…
Mar 2
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February 2024
Inside Llewyn Davis and the Long Dark February of the Soul
Those of us who live in modern industrial societies are not as divorced from the seasonal rhythms of traditional life as we would like to think. For…
Feb 17
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Politics For Babies, Or How To Deal With The Annoying Things Low-Info Voters Will Say This Year
It’s a presidential election year, which means that all kinds of people who normally don’t follow politics will suddenly have a lot of opinions about…
Feb 8
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Politics For Babies, Or How To Deal With The Annoying Things Low-Info Voters Will Say This Year
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January 2024
The Boom-Bust Generation of Academics
I graduated from college in 1998, during the high point of an honest-to-goodness economic boom. Instead of grabbing one of the many new opportunities…
Jan 23
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January 6th Is A Test We Are Failing
Every year on the anniversary of January 6 and take stock of how much the country has done to avert a repeat. My feelings today are where they were last…
Jan 6
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Establishing A New News Diet For The New Year
We often joke about January as the month when gyms fill up with people trying to fulfill overly ambitious New Year’s resolutions about weight loss, only…
Jan 3
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December 2023
Predictions for 2024
Writing on this site allows me to be a pretend pundit, which is a fun and diverting activity that makes me envious of the few who get to do it for a…
Dec 29, 2023
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Don't Let 2024 Be The Year of the Silent Scream
A couple of weeks ago I decided my “looking ahead” post would declare that 2024 would be “The Year of the Silent Scream.” I felt like someone watching a…
Dec 22, 2023
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2023: The Year Reality Died
To paraphrase Virginia Woolf, on or about December 2006, human character changed. The advent of streaming and social media brought changes to our…
Dec 15, 2023
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Shane MacGowan and the Sadness of Diaspora
Last week brought the sad news of Shane MacGowan’s death. It has hit me particularly hard, something that has come as a bit of a surprise. I have always…
Dec 5, 2023
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