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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Reversion To The Moral Mean

On Error, Atonement, and the "Right Road."

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

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.

Sep 13 • 

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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…

Sep 6 • 

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August 2025

Our Second Gilded Age Goes Supernova

And it is a mistake to forget about Occupy Wall Street

Aug 30 • 

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Every Real Couple Fights About Money And We're No Exception

A fight reveals a fault line in my marriage

Aug 23 • 

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Against “Eat the Rich”

Watch now | Short clips and the full recording from David Roberts and Elle Griffin's live video.

Aug 16 • 

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Elle Griffin

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Gen Z Is Fine But Jonathan Haidt Is Not

The Republic of Letters recently ran two articles “debating” the following question: “Is Gen Z The Worst Gen Ever Or Just Tolerably Bad?”

Aug 9 • 

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Are We Socializing Less Or Socializing Differently

Early one morning this week, my daughter Lauren “FaceTimed” with me.

Aug 2 • 

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July 2025

Primo Levi, Jeffrey Epstein, And “One-Eyed Men”

One-eyed men in this context are those who look the other way when a horrific crime is taking place.

Jul 26 • 

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