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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
Come On And Slam
Hey all, Here’s your periodic round up of culture reads I’ve been thinking about lately. Film Space Jam: A New Legacy has been out for a while now. I haven’t seen it and don’t know that I will, but I’ve enjoyed some of the writing
Joe & John
Hey all. Let's hop to it. Politics Next Friday will mark a year since the funeral of Georgia Congressman John Lewis, a former civil rights activist whose name now adorns the Democratic Party’s update to the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A great deal was made at
When The CTC Hits
Hey all. Let’s hop to it. Politics It’s been a major week for Democrats in Washington. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and the Democrats of the Senate Budget Committee announced a preliminary agreement on a topline number for the party’s reconciliation package: $3.5 trillion.
