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Reviving a series
Mar 6
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February 2026
Why Fiction?
The struggle against anti-humanism in our new age
Feb 27
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How You Can Help
Preorder my novel, if you haven't already
Feb 25
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AI Agonistes
Time for the industry to put up or shut up
Feb 16
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Can Zohran Mamdani Beat the New York Post?
The media dynamics working in his favor
Feb 5
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January 2026
The Dying Animal
MAGA in twilight
Jan 27
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Teddy Starr, All-American
New fiction
Jan 19
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Charlie Kirk and a Failed Culture War
2026, fresh and bloody
Jan 11
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The Zohran Age
Inauguration Day
Jan 2
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December 2025
My 2025 in Reading
Burr's Revolution
Dec 31, 2025
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The Neo-Romantic Literary Life
Post-Dimes in the 2020s
Dec 23, 2025
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The Zohran Mamdani Machine
Can he actually build one?
Dec 16, 2025
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