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America, the Impossible Superpower
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America has a remarkable way of treating the impossible like a logistics problem. In 1961, after the country had put a man in space for all of fifteen minutes, President Kennedy promised to go one step further....
When Leaders Sounded Like They Believed in Something
I would make a terrible leader. My voice, for one thing. It simply doesn’t carry. I practically have to use sign language in a crowded pub. A leader’s voice, on the other hand, must rise above the din in every sense and make even ordinary u...
It’s the Culture, Stupid
The 149 districts identified in the Rape Gang Inquiry Report (2026)
“Men are born ignorant, not stupid; they are made stupid by education.” – Bertrand Russell
One of the great stupidities of the British state today, though we see the same...
Elon Musk's Bananas
An extended Note on the controversial trillionaire.
This piece is an extended version of a Substack Note I posted yesterday. If you’re new here, please consider subscribing.
The Moral Clarity of Sam Harris
Why the man who drives everyone nuts is maybe the one to trust.
The title of this essay will have already divided some readers before I get to the first argument. For many, the words “Sam Harris” and “moral clarity” in the same line are un...
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