RECOMMENDED READS

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Inspired by the many who have curated knowledge for my benefit. My favorite reads from across the internet, magazines, and books.

ARTICLES

Across the rich world, fiscal crises loom
The Economist / October 18, 2025

The Great Reckoning: What the West Should Learn from China
The Ideas Letter / October 16, 2025

Why Shame No Longer Works in American Politics
The New Republic / October 15, 2025

What Makes Joel Mokyr Great
Works In Progress Newsletter / October 13, 2025

No One Gave a Speech Like Patrick Henry
The Atlantic / October 8, 2025

The Kremlin put her on trial. She stole the show
The Economist / October 9, 2025

The Myth of Mad King George
The Atlantic / October 8, 2025

James Graham: β€œThe Right Is So Much Better at Storytelling”
Bloomberg / September 26, 2025

Even Before the Big Bang, Space Wasn’t Truly Empty
Big Think / September 25, 2025

America’s Accelerating Exit from Itself
Financial Times / September 23, 2025

A New Economics for Neglected Places
Project Syndicate / September 15, 2025

Never Bet Against America
Uncharted Territories / September 3, 2025

How Originalism Killed the Constitution
The Atlantic / September 10, 2025

A Letter to America’s Discarded Public Servants
The Atlantic / August 20, 2025

American Hindenburg
The Atavist/ August, 2025

America’s fantasy of home-grown chipmaking
The Economist / August 21, 2025

The Fantasy Premier League is Changing Britain’s Favorite Sport
The Economist / August 14, 2025

Dying for Gold
The Economist / July 24, 2025

The Two Lives of William Woods
The Economist / July 17, 2025

Damn You All to Hell!
The Atlantic / July 10, 2025

He Spent His Life Trying to Prove That He Was a Loyal U.S. Citizen. It Wasn’t Enough.
The Atlantic / July 9, 2025

The Nuclear Club Might Soon Double
The Atlantic / July 8, 2025

The President’s Weapon
The Atlantic / June 26, 2025

BOOKS

Highlights from 2024

Conan O’Brien Doesn’t Matter*
Jason Zinoman in The New York Times
September 2024

What will become of American Civilization - George Packer in The Atlantic June 2024

Watch It Burn
Jessica Camille Aguirre in The Atavist
April 2024

Country Music’s Culture Wars and the Remaking of Nashville - Emily Nussbaum in The New Yorker Jan 2024

Debt
David Graeber
July 2024

The Foreign Language That Changed My Teenage Son’s Life Paul Tough in The New York Times Magazine April 2024

Dead Reckoning
Robert Kolker in The Atavist
February 2024

Two Thousand Miles From Home
Lily Hide in The Atavist
January 2024

Where I’m Reading

β€œThe known is finite, the unknown infinite; intellectually we stand on an islet in the midst of an illimitable ocean of inexplicability. Our business in every generation is to reclaim a little more land, to add something to the extent and the solidity of our possessions.” - T.H. Huxley