essays
The Amish Farmer and the Fourth of July
One cheer for the geriatric republic.
Nine Observations on Two Weeks Without Food*
Finally saw an ab. Wasn't worth it.
After Conceit, Conversation
In which I find a less combative approach to scholarship.
"What have you got to show for it?"
A lesson in gratitude upon changing the clocks.
Twitter, Warfare, and the Imagined Rival
What I've learned from treating interlocutors as, well, human.
This Week: 🇺🇦
Silence and solidarity.
Winning Won't Make Us Happy
We were raised to be ambitious, and we're letting it destroy us.
On Simple Pleasures
Or why I find it so hard to remember childhood vacations.
There Are Never Enough Springs
A simple question with no easy answers.
The Lamp, the Lifeboat, and the Ladder
On childhood evangelism and proselytizing prose.
