Speaking Ill of the Dead: Gandi’s Shortcomings
The question of Gandhi’s shortcomings is, for many, an unwelcome one. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948) occupies a position in the global imagination normally reserved for… Read More
The question of Gandhi’s shortcomings is, for many, an unwelcome one. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869–1948) occupies a position in the global imagination normally reserved for… Read More
One tweet about sandwiches should not ruin a life. Unfortunately, social media excels at turning small accidents into permanent identities via the phenomenon known as… Read More
When the cosmos offers you a theatrical limp and a strategically placed bandage, do not question the aesthetic of your own fragility.
Today we present candid horoscopes. The usual cosmic claptrap has been replaced with the kind of blunt disclosure normally reserved for tax attorneys and ex‑spouses.… Read More
Nations once marked the calendar with harvest festivals, saints’ days, and commemorations of battles they insisted were victories. Now, in a gesture of global unity,… 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
Pope Leo XIV, though not as insufferably woke as his predecessor, Francis the Whatever, shows signs of a leftward draw nonetheless. Recently Leo scolded priests… Read More
To be or not to be is the question Shakespeare put to the universe in 1600, and the universe has been dodging it ever since.… Read More
1. Trash as Origin StoryThe first red flag is your memoir’s sudden fixation on garbage. If your formative years are catalogued not by events but… Read More