In a genuinely free and fair democracy, it would be. That’s not the democracy we have. — Welcome to the Medium edition of Reframe Your Inbox, a pseudo-semi-monthly(ish) email newsletter in which I share some meandering thoughts on politics, books, work, and life. This article is a lightly edited version of a newsletter I published on October 28, 2020. Subscribe here to get Reframe Your Inbox in…

Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste” sheds light on the GOP’s head-spinning double standards — How do they get away with it? We asked that question in 2016 when Republicans took the unprecedented step of refusing to consider President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, and chose instead to leave a vacant seat on the nation’s highest court for nearly a year. We asked that question…

Thinking deeply “is not a dismissal of the urgency of the issue,” says Cal Newport. “It’s actually an affirmation of the urgency.” — Welcome to the Medium edition of Reframe Your Inbox, a pseudo-semi-weekly(ish) email newsletter in which I share some meandering thoughts on politics, books, work, and life. This article is a lightly edited version of a newsletter I published on September 20, 2020. Subscribe here to get Reframe Your Inbox in…

Even in an age of instant gratification and “fake it till you make it,” some creators quietly do their work, however long it takes. — Welcome to the Medium edition of Reframe Your Inbox, a pseudo-semi-weekly(ish) email newsletter in which I share some meandering thoughts on politics, work, and life. This article is a lightly edited version of a newsletter I published on September 7, 2020. …

Flu fiction lets us peek at the world of worst-case scenarios — and return to reality with a new sense of perspective. — Welcome to the Medium edition of Reframe Your Inbox, a pseudo-semi-weekly(ish) email newsletter in which I share some meandering thoughts on politics, work, and life. This article is a lightly edited version of a newsletter I published on August 25, 2020. …

Awareness, appreciation, gratitude, presence — now those are some interesting ideas. — Welcome to the Medium edition of Reframe Your Inbox, a pseudo-semi-weekly(ish) email newsletter in which I share some meandering thoughts on politics, work, and life. This article is a lightly edited version of newsletters I published on August 2 and 9, 2020. …

Two stories about a man who always kept the faith. — “Without a doubt the greatest living American.” YouTube comments are not usually where one finds a meaningful analysis of American history. Or a compelling argument. Or really anything of substance. …

Everything I do takes longer than I think it will (and other early takeaways from Cal Newport’s strategy of “time block” planning). — Welcome to the Medium edition of Reframe Your Inbox, a pseudo-semi-weekly(ish) email newsletter in which I share some meandering thoughts on politics, work, and life. This article is a lightly edited version of a newsletter I published on July 21, 2020. …

Some writers and creators might be able to make social media work. I am not one of them. — Welcome to the Medium edition of Reframe Your Inbox, a pseudo-semi-weekly(ish) email newsletter in which I share some meandering thoughts on politics, work, and life. This article is a lightly edited version of a newsletter I published on July 14, 2020. …