Houses of Cards

Houses of Cards

The most amazing thing about houses of cards isn’t how flimsy they are. It isn’t the delicate, precarious balance required to make them stand. It isn’t the skill with which they need to be assembled or the guile required to make it appear as if they...
Unity

Unity

I’m profoundly haunted by the fact that our undoing — the undoing of culture, of society, of civility — is attributable to one very obvious lack: unity. We know it. We’ve known it for a long time. If you don’t believe that, find the time to watch...