Race To The Top
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics I don’t think I’ll have much to say about the negotiations over the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation package until that situation’s over and done with. Not to worry, though — our friend Kevin Drum has thoughts [https:
What Is Socialism?
Hey all. An early post as promised. No questions for Mail Time this time around, so it'll be brief. Send some in for next month: nwanevuletter@gmail.com. Let's hop to it. Recent Work My history [https://newrepublic.com/article/163534/case-partisanship] of bipartisanship for The
We Are The Forty-Something Percent
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Recent Work I wrote [https://www.cjr.org/special_report/political_writing_future_internet.php] about political writing for the Columbia Journalism Review’s Politics issue. I think the piece can partially be read as a review of the five years I’ve
Not Another 9/11 Post
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics/Culture What more is there to say about 9/11, really? As far as personal recollections go, I have nothing of interest. My memories are too hazy and too slight; I’d feel worse about this if the consequences of viscerally
The Pictures Got Small
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)Hey all. Let's hop to it. Culture About a month ago, New York Magazine’s Vulture ran a defense [https://www.vulture.com/2021/08/speed-watching-netflix-tv-shows.html?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=vulture] of “speed-watching [https:
Mail Time!
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Recent Work My review essay [https://newrepublic.com/article/163096/incoherence-us-history-american-colonies-review] on early American history, our national identity, and the work of UVA historian Alan Taylor finally ran online for all readers this week, and you should check it out if you haven’
An Afghanistan Picture Show
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics > I wanted to do good, and “help the Afghans.” Ignorant of the very evident implications of the fact that I was the semi-privileged citizen of an extremely privileged country, I believed in the simple equality of all human beings, and
Crisis? What Crisis?
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Recent Work My long review essay on the work of early American historian Alan Taylor, "the [https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-fog-of-history-wars] history [https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/07/10/americas-history-wars] wars [https://harpers.org/archive/2021/07/history-as-end-politics-of-the-past-matthew-karp/
Popularity, Contested
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics I wasn’t following the Nina Turner race too closely, so I don’t have all that much more to say about that specific outcome than I already [https://twitter.com/OsitaNwanevu/status/1423339031186792453] shared [https://twitter.com/OsitaNwanevu/status/1423372362557313027]
Mail Time!
Hey all, Just a brief Mail Time post today and a reminder that you can send questions for the next to nwanevuletter@gmail.com. So far, it seems like people are asking mostly for book recommendations — texts that have been either formative for me politically or that I consider worth
