Some Thoughts on Elizabeth Taylor’s “Angel”Elizabeth Taylor’s Angel is a literary work about pulp fiction. Its titular protagonist, the writer Angelica “Angel” Deverell, and her…Apr 21, 20231Apr 21, 20231
The VP Debate Demonstrated Democrats’ Fear of TaxesThe Vice Presidential Debate highlighted a particular advantage that Republicans have over their liberal Democratic rivals, which is that…Oct 8, 2020Oct 8, 2020
A Better World Is Always PossibleBernie Sanders is no longer running for president. How the one time front runner ended up losing to Joe “I have no empathy for millenials”…Apr 8, 2020Apr 8, 2020
What Bernie Understands (And Biden Doesn’t)Last night, the final two candidates with a serious shot at the Democratic nomination, Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, faced off one-on-one…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
Philosophy to Help You Live: For Sartre, Being Nothing Meant Being Able to Do AnythingKarl Marx once said that philosophers have “hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it.” I share this…Nov 6, 2019Nov 6, 2019
What Scott Galloway Gets Wrong About Capitalism and SocialismScott Galloway is a man who has done well under capitalism. A Professor of Marketing at NYU, Galloway has a history of creating successful…Jul 4, 20191Jul 4, 20191
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #7 Demonstrates the Progressive and Regressive tendencies of the…Superhero comics are weird. On the one hand, their writers are often, though not exclusively, socially-minded progressive types; Stan Lee…Jun 15, 2019Jun 15, 2019
Against the Electoral CollegeRepresentation matters. It is of the utmost importance for a government, especially for a government that considers itself a republic or…May 30, 2019May 30, 2019