1619, 1776 — America’s origins-obsessed historicism now dominates liberal circles. But origins are not our destinies ... more »
Borges to his English translator: “Simplify me. Modify me. Make me stark…. Make me macho and gaucho and skinny” ... more »
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on those who “do not recognize that what they call a sophisticated take is really a simplistic mix of abstraction and orthodoxy”... more »