Morning and Evening, Pt. VI
Previously published: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III, IV and V Content note: this chapter contains a scene depicting sexual violence. Chapter 3 Yossel...
Notable Sandwiches #14: Bocadillo, A Little Mouthful
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I nibble my way through the baffling and extraordinary document that is...
How To Report Subversive Books And Teachers in YOUR School
Last week, Virginia’s newly-elected Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin told a local conservative radio station that he had set up a tip line where concerned...
Morning and Evening, Pt. V
Previously published: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, III and IV Yossel feared both his mother’s rage and her sorrows, which came on without warning. In...
Notable Sandwiches #13: The BLT
Welcome to the weekly feature where, every Friday, I take another bite from the nigh-inexhaustible and deeply weird resource that is Wikipedia’s List of...
The Devil in D.C.
When you close your eyes, what do you imagine lives in the darkness beside you? There are so many things too small to see—microbes and molecules, protons and...
Morning and Evening, Pt. IV
Previously published: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, and III Chapter 2 Yossel and Pawel parted at the church steps in the village square. It was later...
Morning and Evening, Pt. IV
Previously published: Morning and Evening, Parts I, II, and III Chapter 2 Yossel and Pawel parted at the church steps in the village square. It was later...
Notable Sandwiches #12: Beirute
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I faithfully chronicle the bizarre and twisted document that is Wikipedia’s List...
Morning and Evening, Pt. III
Previously published: Morning and Evening, Part I and Part II “Good morning, Yossel,” Pawel called out. “Good morning, Pawel Janowic,” Yossel replied. When...
A Covid Diary
I tested positive for covid on my mother's birthday, and that night I couldn't sleep at all. I could see the faint blue line of the positive result glowing...
Notable Sandwiches #11: Beef on Weck
Last fall, when I first told my mother about this newsletter and the Notable Sandwiches project, the entry she was most looking forward to was the “Beef on...
Eugenics with a Smile
For some months now, I’ve lurked, somewhat shamefacedly, in a controversial Reddit community called r/HermanCainAward. It’s got just shy of a half-million...
Publishing Schedule Update
As the Sword and the Sandwich moves into 2022, we’re going to be changing things up a bit, moving to a Sunday-Tuesday-Friday publishing schedule. You’ll...
Notable Sandwiches #10: Bauro'd Time
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I faithfully chronicle the bizarre and twisted document that is Wikipedia’s List...
Notable Sandwiches #10: Bauro'd Time
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I faithfully chronicle the bizarre and twisted document that is Wikipedia’s List...
The Lost Supper
For two years running, now, I’ve wanted to throw a big dinner party. I’ve hosted a few in my time, and while they are often chaotic, as is my nature—the last...
The Lost Supper
For two years running, now, I’ve wanted to throw a big dinner party. I’ve hosted a few in my time, and while they are often chaotic, as is my nature—the last...
A Foul and Pestilent Congregation of Vapors
I have of late, wherefore I know precisely, lost all my mirth. I mean, that’s not what Hamlet says. He claims not to know why he’s lost his mirth, although...
A Foul and Pestilent Congregation of Vapors
I have of late, wherefore I know precisely, lost all my mirth. I mean, that’s not what Hamlet says. He claims not to know why he’s lost his mirth, although...