How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
Notable Sandwiches #124: The Muffuletta
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where David and I play host at the strange, overladen table that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches,...
April Culture Chat
Welcome back to Culture Club, a feature where David and I write about what we’ve been reading, watching, playing, and listening to, for paid subscribers....
Disability, Eugenics, and the Value of Human Life
The eugenicists Your worth is not tied to what you can do. Your worth is not tied to your health. Your worth is not tied to all the things you can do...
Notable Sandwiches #123: The Mother-in-law
By David Swanson Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my intrepid editor David Swanson, go down to the crossroads that is...
Into the Arctic
If I had to come up with a metaphor for my mind over the last few months, a wooden ship bound in pack ice would be a good one: wracked by pressures that...
A Brief Leave-Taking
This newsletter is a two-man high-wire act, with David and I working in tandem as writer and editor—and sometimes switching roles. It needs both of us to be...
TLDS January Culture Klatsch
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Notable Sandwiches #121: Montreal Smoked Meat
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my intrepid editor David Swanson, move through the fragrant boughs of the variegated grove...
Counter-Programming with Food and Poetry
Welcome back to Culture Club, a feature where David and I write about what we’ve been reading, watching, playing, and listening to, for paid subscribers. I'm...
Notable Sandwiches #121: Monte Cristo
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my noble editor David Swanson, plunge fearlessly into the mysteries of Wikipedia’s List of...
An Archival History of Los Angeles
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Notable Sandwiches #120: Montadito
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, where I, alongside my heroic editor David Swanson, tilt at the windmills that comprise Wikipedia’s List of Notable...
On Moss, Rock, Lichen, and Survival
“Moss. Roots” by Ivan Shishkin Lately, I’ve been looking at the life cycle of moss. I found myself instantly lost in a thicket of botanical terminology—from...
How the Rich Stole Christmas
Welcome back to Culture Club, a feature where Talia and I write about what we’ve been reading, watching, playing, and listening to—usually for paid...
Notable Sandwiches #119: Mollete
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, where I, alongside my heroic editor David Swanson, pick our way across the bracken-strewn fields that comprise...
TLDS December Culture Klatsch
A note to readers: Paid subscriptions to this newsletter are both Talia and David's primary income, enabling two independent journalists to read perilous...
Notable Sandwiches #118: Mitraillette
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, dodge and weave our way through the charnel-house that is...
John Brown's Body
A few weeks before the election, in the middle of a hot, bright autumn that never seemed to end, I took a trip to Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia. Photos from...
Notable Sandwiches #117: Mettbrötchen
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, marching alongside my long-suffering and brilliant editor David Swanson, bring you the ups and downs...