Gray Mirror

True Detective in Austin, June 29

Nic Pizzolatto and Sovereign House are doing a salon in Austin on June 29th: Expect other very special guests. Austin in June is in the delightful temperate zone of hell—even the demons wear Canada Goose. Nonetheless I will do my best to attend. Also I have a

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An apology to Sam Kriss

I have to admit that Sam Kriss has scored at least one point on me. Maybe more than one. Ok, maybe he blew me off the court—at least, in the field of Sam Kriss Studies. TLDR: I am guilty of carelessly treating Kriss as an ordinary lib, even suggesting chestnuts he

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Office hours, May 2, NYC

Last minute office hours—Thursday, May 2, Lower East Side, 11am-5pm.

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In NYC May 2

Last minute office hours—Thursday, May 2, Lower East Side, 11am-5pm.

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Clarifying the record on Biden

X, in its sloppy yet energetic way, has corrected the Biden campaign for me: While this is not quite how I would put it—it seems like an odd confusion of my 2020 and 2024 endorsements—and I am a radical monarchist, the horseshoe’s missing link, who only looks “far right” from the far left—I will take the W.

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Biden/Harris 2024

As most longtime readers know, I have endorsed the Democratic candidate in every election since 2008, except 2016—when, for professional reasons, I was not writing. As a lifetime Democrat—and Foreign Service brat—and grandson of progressive Jewish activists from Brooklyn, I was using Tom’s of Maine toothpaste in the 80s—and in ‘84, I cried when Mondale…

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Gaza and the laws of war

As the father of a toddler, I am obviously distressed to hear that toddlers are being maimed and killed by bombs paid for by my tax dollars. I want this shambolic slaughter-circus to stop. I think every institution involved in it, from UNRWA to the UN to Hamas to the IDF to the State Department—needs its

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A conversation about monarchy

One David Volodzko, whom I know not otherwise but who writes about “communism, fascism and radical movements,” and who was apparently fired by the Seattle Times for improperly comparing Hitler to Lenin—skilfully earning the ire of both fascists and progressives—cold-emailed and requested an exchange of open letters. Here is

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Hanania v. Yarvin, Feb 9

Bad news: we sold out. Good news: we’re moving to a larger venue—an unspecified location in Glendale, which is apparently not in any sense “the ghetto.” In this space, Richard and I will be debating in the round, stalking like lions around a circular stage, while Anna keeps us in line with her shiny black whip. If you miss this, what are you doing with y…

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The purpose of a pundit is what he does

One nice principle for analyzing systems—entirely parallel to Ranke’s historical rule of drawing history “as it really was,” and Burnham’s political rule of “real meanings,” but not loaded with any historical or political baggage, is the mantra that

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