Here’s What America’s Economy Will Look Like in December 2025It’s a Tuesday morning in May 2025, and I’m sitting at Cosmic Coffee on South Congress, sipping what feels like liquid inflation. My matcha…May 9May 9
What Actually Is Late-Stage Capitalism?Late-stage capitalism is sort of the COVID of financial politics: people blame all sorts of problems on it, even as others dispute its very…Apr 19A response icon1Apr 19A response icon1
How the Dispensationalist Cult Took Over American Christianity and PoliticsIf you grew up American Protestant, as I did, you probably remember hearing about the Rapture, the End Times, and how Catholics don’t…Apr 19Apr 19
Why Does Switzerland’s Democracy Actually Work?When most Americans talk about “our democracy,” they’re actually talking about a representative republic. We elect officials who make…Apr 19Apr 19
Why Do the Ying Yang Twins Stan Thích Nhất Hạnh?If you grew up in the 2000s American Southwest, the Ying Yang Twins / Lil Jon track “Get Low” (2003), was undoubtedly on your radar.Dec 3, 2022A response icon1Dec 3, 2022A response icon1
Published inThe HeartTurkey Is a Homeschool KidI once asked some of my Turkish friends, “If the world was a high school and every country was a student, what would some of the students…Jun 5, 2022Jun 5, 2022
Published inThe HeartAn Open Letter to America’s Next School ShooterYou’ve probably got the guns already.May 28, 2022A response icon10May 28, 2022A response icon10
The Top 5 Times I Time-Traveled in DJ Khaled’s BodyA lot of people have never traveled through time — and even fewer have had the rare experience of getting to do so in the body of…Feb 6, 2022A response icon1Feb 6, 2022A response icon1
Published inThe HeartIn Which I Try to Explain the Beauty of Chess Without Totally Alienating and Boring the ReaderHow I learned to stop worrying and appreciate geometry.Mar 11, 2021Mar 11, 2021
Published inThe HeartAn Open Letter to Friends, Family and Other Sideline Supporters of the ProtestsYou know who you are. And you know we love you.Jun 24, 2020Jun 24, 2020
