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Ten more things we  should quit doing while not going gently into that good night. End-of-the-road lifestyle advice for seniors. There comes a point in… Read More

On July 21, Substack announced an unholy partnership with a word police contractor called Pangram, whose business consists of examining prose for evidence that it… Read More

Gratitude journals began, like most national emergencies, with a pastel notebook and a suggestion from a morning talk show host. “Three bullet points a day,”… Read More

Nothing says “measured geopolitical response” like a name–Epic Fury, for example–that sounds as if it was brainstormed between a Monster Energy tasting and a focus… Read More

The shell game violates the contract between a satirist and the world. According to that agreement, the satirist takes something real—something stupid, broken, magnificently daft—and… Read More

Getting old is not a crisis. It is a slow-motion systems failure. Time stops cooperating. Monday insists it is Wednesday. Tuesday disappears entirely to avoid… Read More

Journalism used to rely on sources before the rise of the anonymous Redditor. Those sources  had credentials. They had expertise. They occasionally returned phone calls.… Read More