Right and Left
Another fed worker tells me he spends his days pacing…
On the Liberal Imagination
There are understandable reasons why liberal and leftist intellectuals are cautious about discussing the good life.
Right and Left“Everyone is depressed under Trump. Everyone has ED,” a government lifer—male, late forties—reports, matter of fact. A probationary worker who studied history in school laughs manically when I ask if 2025 has felt “historic.” “It has not felt historic. It has felt chaotic.”
Doomers in LoveMidway through the conversation, I mention that I ought to go home soon, but a friend walks past and wishes me a happy birthday. One of my new acquaintances walks abruptly toward a flowering dogwood tree, picks a flower from a branch, and comes back to present it to me without a word. I hold it in my hand, shy and elated. The DOGE boys call him a simp.
Beyond EqualityWhat I’m about to say is going to seem like a bad joke: the trouble with the left is its egalitarianism.
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