Culture

When Everything Becomes a Bet, Corruption Becomes Culture

What the NBA gambling scandal reveals about America’s addiction to speculation

Oct 24 •

Snatching Defeat From the Jaws of Victory

What happens when you lose something you love at the last second?

Oct 22 •

Do You Still Have Childhood Wonderment?

Plus baseball, The Nightmare Before Christmas in the Bronx, and the Friday essay

Oct 14 •

I Tried the 16 Best Bagels in NYC

Tradition triumphs over trends

Oct 7 •

Shutdowns and Shadow Dockets

Who's to blame for shutdowns; a baseball escape; and the dangerously secretive nature of the SCOTUS shadow docket

Sep 30 •

Why You Should Bake Your Own Bread

If I can do it, anyone can - plus, weekend reading

Sep 27 •

What Happened to Music?

Bands are going the way of the dodo bird, and I'm still making bread

Sep 23 •

We All Need a Timeline Cleanse

The world is boiling in a pot of political instability - here's how to remove it from the stove

Sep 19 •

New York’s Governor Just Endorsed a Socialist Experiment for NYC

Here’s why it will fail

Sep 16 •

American Culture on the Edge, But I Have Hope

We may seem more divided and messy than ever, but I refuse to lose optimism

Sep 12 •

What the Murder of Charlie Kirk Reveals About Our American Crisis

If we don’t learn to heal and stand together, our democracy won’t survive

Sep 11 •

My Best Essays About Life

I usually despise self-help writing, but there's a right way to do it

Sep 9 •

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