Our Climate Apartheid Plan
What do we owe the world’s poor as our way of life harms theirs? This question will concretely test what our talk of human rights…
Sohrab Ahmari of Compact in NYC
This interview with Sohrab Ahmari was filmed in NYC on April 15th, 2024. It is a snapshot capturing a moment in the process of transformation from neo…
The Ballad of OJ: America’s Real Life Bigger Thomas
O.J. was now a brand, not unlike we saw with Micheal Jordan in the 80s. Consumable, gorgeous, safe, apolitical, and perfectly pliable for Madison Ave …
Culture of Innovation
The fetishization of technological innovation and societal change for no higher purpose is not enough to justify the construction of a new society. A …
Against Colorblindness
As Dostoyevsky famously quipped, “beauty will save the world.” Consequently, a world bereft of substantial aesthetic underpinnings is beyond salva…
Our Deformed Professional Class
“All professionals are deformed,” begins a quip by acclaimed literary critic Merve Emre. She’s correct, but that insight applies in a larger sense. In her…