Posts

Baby, it's cold outside

This week in hate

Social media: an apology

In defense of socialists

Why everyone hates Ayn Rand

The perils of naming yourself

In praise of Milo Yiannopoulos

The American Dream and its critics

On wankery

Are women as good as men?

Mothers and other villains

A Room of One's Own: a review

The case for Cat Stevens

Goodbye to the 68'ers

Between the World and Me: a review

The Fire Next Time: a review

Some sympathy for the historical American jingo

Random thoughts on the unpopularity of populism

A bigger problem than plagiarism

The Age of Bad Reasons

Officially the worst wedding speech I have ever given in a dream

On the death of Anthony Bourdain

How to love yourself like a man

Thoughts on the Dark Ages

Why we still go to church

A defense of my almost indefensible language

A waste of Cicero

An objection to my latest essay on Spike Lee

Concerning the first 30 minutes of Spike Lee's Chiraq

Some obscure sayings of Solomon and Franklin

Jesus texting

Paul the Apostle

A note on the generosity of Myanmar

Against positive news

Thoughts on the Academy Awards

A timely rediscovery of Aaron Burr

Joe Rogan vs the Book of Genesis

Well-behaved women

Concerning "Dear White America" in the New York Times