Fun storyteller; atrocious writer. So, this tracks.

Golden retriever runs 15 feet after owner mimes throwing tennis ball

"The way some of these other immigrants are getting treated in our country right now is a travesty and a disgrace... I think what’s going on in our country — what we’re doing to some of these amazing immigrants, is really unfortunate and it’s really sad." - Charles Barkley on CBS

A lot of people live in NYC. And a lot of those people want to fight for our democracy.

A new post on liberalism and the good life.

A new post on liberalism and the good life.

HBD, Frank O'Hara! At the risk of being basic, this is an absolute banger and you should memorize it.

Every I.C.E. victim in these clips is a U.S. citizen. These are the Kavanaugh Stops™️ that that human frat paddle assured us would last only momentarily and cause only minor, if any, inconvenience. All lies. Rule of Law is dead and buried. There is no coming back from this. Sorry, folks.

I find protesting incredibly exposing and embarrassing. Do it anyway. No kings!

The president's murder spree still hasn't stopped. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...

News --> More than 100 Jewish faculty and staff members at Harvard write an open letter saying Trump's attacks on the university, done in the name of fighting "antisemitism," are actually contrary to the interests of Jewish people:

This is inclusive politics.

I recently published a chapter in a collection on *Performing Law*. My contribution considers the complex relationship among law, text, and performance, and what we might learn if we think about legal texts as dramatic texts.

I recently published a chapter in a collection on *Performing Law*. My contribution considers the complex relationship among law, text, and performance, and what we might learn if we think about legal texts as dramatic texts.

In which I close read a famous exchange in language philosophy.

In which I close read a famous exchange in language philosophy.

Happy Birthday, Henrik! I bet you were loadsof fun on your birthday! 🥳

What is the point of the Democratic Party?

I'll take my mom's dog for a walk in Lafayette Square. He'll set up a Trump-shaped monument for free.

Now THAT'S funny.

Thank you, @emilyctamkin.bsky.social.

I think some on this website and in general are confused. Anti-Zionism is not antisemitism. I have written I do not know how many pieces saying this. Also, if you are using anti-Zionism as an opportunity to say hateful things about Jews qua Jews, you are, I am sorry to say, being antisemitic.

Liberal democracy cannot be neutral about its political values.

Liberal democracy cannot be neutral about its political values.

I've been thinking through literacy and democracy. Here's my most recent essay.

If you’re interested in understanding why American culture is blowing in the wind, you need to be reading Derek on Substack. 🎯🔥 #culture #culturaltheory #democracy #liberalism #nokings 👇👇

I've been thinking through literacy and democracy. Here's my most recent essay.

"The less we understand a communication, or the farther we are from the context of communication, the more impenetrable a locution seems. The more impenetrable a locution, the more likely the receiver will seek illocutionary meanings 'beneath' the surface." More from me on literacy and democracy.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

"The less we understand a communication, or the farther we are from the context of communication, the more impenetrable a locution seems. The more impenetrable a locution, the more likely the receiver will seek illocutionary meanings 'beneath' the surface." More from me on literacy and democracy.

What's a cat's favorite kind of necklace? Purrls!

Colvin Run Mill!

friend, this is Marcus Junius Brutus CAESAR has declared himself DICTATOR FOR LIFE and MUST BE STOPPED can you rush a donation of ten denarii today to show that you STAND WITH THE REPUBLIC?

Good. (Also: no shit!)

Instead of blowing up things in Iran, the federal government could have spent $11 billion in a week paying the entire household incomes for everyone in these counties. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

The word "fee" is, frankly, insulting to fees. Hotel amenities fees, ticket platform fees—THOSE are fees (i.e., hidden price increases). The word they're looking for is "bribe."

No excuse for "No comment." More from me in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social

No excuse for "No comment." More from me in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social

If you ask someone today to name the builder of Hadrian's Wall, they would give you a funny look. But historical memory is odd, and right up to the 1800s we forgot who built it. Until in 1840 John Hodgson, an obscure Northumbrian clergyman, published the LONGEST footnote in history... 1/22

This is good. The press coverage just does not tell the big picture story. They're incapable of it. The adequate narrative would be "too political."

Calling Trump anti-literate? Considering epistocracy? What to do about the elitist strains in my thinking these days?

Worth considering!

Why don't they just print a fucking Karoline Leavitt press conference?

Distrust in expertise and lack of knowledge are serious problems for our democracy. Can we talk about that honestly without being elitist?

Distrust in expertise and lack of knowledge are serious problems for our democracy. Can we talk about that honestly without being elitist?

In which the tyrant ponders impressment.

This is, as usual, great from Roth. The capitalization of Psychology at the start is excellent, and it gets better from there.

When I write about "bad faith" arguments, Wurman's treatment of sources is the kind of thing I mean. (Read the primary source, which Bernick helpfully provides.)

“Don’t ever be the first to stop applauding.” -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, writing about the unfortunate director of the local paper factory mannerofspeaking.org/2010/05/12/s...