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News & Commentary

News & Commentary

Fresh essays and analysis — one thoughtful piece at a time.

The current, running column: essays and analysis on what’s happening now, filed with the same standards as everything else here.

Roughly one considered piece a week — less hot take, more second look.

In this section

Essays

Ideas worth sitting with.

Politics

Power, policy, and the record beneath the noise.

Culture

What the moment says about us.

Media

The press, examined by one of its own.

History

Reading the present through the past.

Books

Essays on what is worth reading.

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Essays

Becoming A Woman

September 17, 2026

Do you dream of becoming a woman and living it 24/7?  Is it reality or fantasy that drives you? Many of us have fantasized…

Commentary

The Words of Others

September 10, 2026

The words of others don’t define me. How could they? In many instances, those “others” don’t even know me. They see me and then…

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