Sublime
An inspiration engine for ideas
“What’s this for?” she’ll ask. For being the whole free world.
Colson Whitehead • The Nickel Boys: the new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad
The reality is that members of the American left have, whether they like it or not, become the new conservatives. At least in economic policy, they are usually the defenders of the status quo. In contrast, some of the so-called “conservatives” are the radicals seeking major change; at a recent public event, I heard two African American intellectual
... See moreTyler Cowen • The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better: A Penguin eSpecial from Dutton
so much as it is about genuflecting before the demands of progressivism.
Michael Malice • The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
We laughed at the panhandler on the block, but he wasn’t just an object of ridicule, he was an unsettling omen.
Wes Moore • The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
one that raised interesting questions about
Jon Meacham • Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
fit the facts to a preconceived pattern.
Ashley Rindsberg • The Gray Lady Winked: How the New York Times's Misreporting, Distortions and Fabrications Radically Alter History
“But we just had a Black woman on the cover last month. And it would be too weird to have two in a row.”
Kenya Hunt • Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
Even when they’re looking at your words, many readers aren’t paying attention.