Notable Sandwiches #57: Doner Kebab
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my stalwart editor David Swanson, nibble my way through Wikipedia’s...
In Praise of Righteous Vengeance
Scenes from “The Book of Esther” by Arthur Szyk Today is Purim, a Jewish holiday that you’re either intimately familiar with or know nothing about. Few...
Culture Club: Beef Broth with Joseph Roth
Welcome to Culture Club, a new weekly feature where David and I (and sometimes both of us!) talk about what we’re reading, watching, and listening to each...
Notable Sandwiches #56: Denver
Author’s Note: As of this Sunday, I’ll be debuting a new feature, Culture Club, where David & I share the latest stuff we’ve been reading, watching and...
Disquiet on the Western Front
Felix Kammerer as Paul Bäumer in the Netflix production of All Quiet on the Western Front It’s common sense that any piece of art should be judged on its own...
Notable Sandwiches #55: Deli
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the baffling document that is Wikipedia’s...
How to Fight a Holy War
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Thanks so much for staying patient during the two-week break I took to try to quit smoking. Let the record show that as soon as I had to write...
Notable Sandwiches #54: The Dagwood
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the baffling document that is Wikipedia’s...
How to Conquer the Devil
Edited by David Swanson The first thing you have to understand about America is the devil is real here. Not a metaphor or a corny Halloween costume or some...
Notable Sandwiches #53: Cudighi
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the baffling document that is Wikipedia’s...
Kind of a Crazy Story
Edited by Talia Lavin The author in the Gubbio Studiolo at the Met, 2016 A manic episode begins with a stirring, followed by a spark, like seemingly dormant...
Notable Sandwiches #52: Cucumber
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
Thank You For Not Smoking
Edited by David Swanson Robert Redford and Paul Newman on a cigarette break during the filming of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid Hi all, I’m trying once...
Notable Sandwiches #51: The Cuban
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
Anatomy of a Con: The Mark
Edited by David Swanson The scene this week in Brasília Last week was the anniversary of one failed coup, and the beginning of another. As the angry crowds...
Notable Sandwiches #50: Le Croque Monsieur et Le Croque Madame
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the bizarre document...
The Great Right-Wing Con Job
It’s 2023—once again I find that the 2020s feel like sci-fi dates to me and lament that we don’t have a Galactic Federation yet—and I’m so delighted to have...
Notable Sandwiches #49: Crisp
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the baffling document that is Wikipedia’s...
Gilt by Association
Edited by David Swanson A panel from the Arch of Titus in Rome It’s Chanukah, day two of the Festival of Lights, where we celebrate the victory of heroic...
Notable Sandwiches #48: Corned Beef
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...