The First Time I Turned Thirty

I was thinking the other day about politics, but also about vampires; specifically, how, according to legend, vampires can be held at bay by...

This image has been on my mind all morning, probably because it reminds me of something that's been on my mind all year. Since the pande...

I'm listening to Shadi Hamid on the "Difficult Conversations" podcast. Hamid's written a book called The Problem of Democr...

I'm not religious by a long shot, but lately I've been thinking of something I read in college. I took a few religion courses as an ...

It’s easy to get into offices when you are me, even offices with swipe-card security. I just wait for the next employee to swipe, then grab ...

 I’ve never been the kind of person who likes to be told not to think.  As a kid, I was sent to a Catholic school, and early on I spent a lo...

As has been wisely said, the map is not the territory. I believed this the first time I heard it, and I believe it now. Myopic adherence to...