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You Dreamed of Empires Demands an Open MindThere’s a right way and a wrong way to read Álvaro Enrigue’s You Dreamed of Empires. I read it the wrong way. I owe my renewed love of…Sep 24Sep 24
When A Bad Man Is Killed YoungOn the environment that lead to, and the aftermath of, Charlie Kirk’s killingSep 11Sep 11
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The Radical Forms Of The Savage DetectivesThe typical American reader of a Latin American author is going to be at a severe informational deficit. The stereotypical American, more…Jul 29Jul 29
Everyone Has Been Convinced That The NBA In-Season Tournament Is RealYesterday, after reading this Howard Beck piece about the NBA’s Inaugural In-Season Tournament, I was killing time on Instagram and saw a…Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
My Favorite Athlete Got Elected To The Baseball Hall of Fame and All I Got Was This Stupid Warm…For most of my life I told people I was at Scott Rolen’s first game as a major league baseball player in 1996. I’m not sure if I ever…Jan 25, 2023Jan 25, 2023
The Potentially Confusing Legacy of Kevin DurantAlmost any other year, Kevin Durant would have been the number one overall pick. In the first year that amateur players were required to be…Dec 15, 2022Dec 15, 2022
