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Personal essays on life, literature, and privilege from the POV of generational wealth and living within the Manhattan bubble.
Aug 11, 2023
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You Had Me At A Glance
The beautiful girl, the silver wig, the hot nightclub with its impassable velvet rope, and jealousy.
Oct 11
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David Roberts
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Reversion To The Moral Mean
On Error, Atonement, and the "Right Road."
Oct 4
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An Exalted Form Of Doomscrolling
About righteous anger the old Biblical prophets were never bested.
Sep 27
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Charlie Kirk, Collective Blame, And The Crucible
“…all the old political and moral reality had melted like a Dali watch.”
Sep 20
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My Friend's Dating Profile
I have a friend named Lily whose dating profile reads as follows.
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My Mother The Absurdist
In 2018, when she was 80 years old, my mother Jill Roberts became a devotee of Albert Camus and his philosophy of Absurdism––the idea that life has no…
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Our Second Gilded Age Goes Supernova
And it is a mistake to forget about Occupy Wall Street
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Every Real Couple Fights About Money And We're No Exception
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