dress code
Dressing well is good for the soul
Against the tyranny of scruffiness
Should you really admit to regretting having kids?
Lamenting parenthood creates a psychological trap
Biden’s legacy of escalation
His last decisions could determine the state of global politics
The esoterica trap
We should not pollute good causes with unreliable information
The costs of assisted suicide
The trade-offs are real and extremely serious
Inflation and inflated expectations
To understand inflation, we must understand different kinds of inflation
If Donald Trump wins, it’s over
Three assassination attempts prove irrefutably that Trump is guilty of inciting violence
The public sector must reform or die
Too big to fail? It is too big to succeed
Writing lives
The life story of the biography, from Victorian glorification to Bloomsbury boldness to contemporary obliquity
The danger of naive humanitarianism
The rejection of force is complacent and unsustainable