Archive - Prejudices

Saving democracy

A plan to rescue voting from the dregs

Sep 7 • -J

August 2026

From a brothel to a cathedral

A few choice words to make everyone uncomfortable

Aug 25 • -J

The Useful Dead: or, why Plutarch's biographies are better than modern ones.

My new translation of Plutarch, and why I'm giving it away for free

Aug 17 • -J

In defense of transgenders in sports

Aug 11 • -J

July 2026

If you're in for a laugh

A blurb on a dead comedian

Jul 28 • -J

Proof that writers aren't completely useless

Or: how to secure a promotion (secretly)

Jul 20 • -J

The case for racist English classes

An essay on the art of politics

Jul 14 • -J

A life of diabolical virtue

Or, how an asshole becomes a saint

Jul 6 • -J

June 2026

Hunter and hunted

Random musings from the trash bin

Jun 29 • -J

Dorothy Day: wasted saint

An old essay on the dangers of altruism

Jun 23 • -J

A crash-and-burn in ancient Greece

An essay about Bion of Borysthenes

Jun 9 • -J

The worst approval rating EVER!

Musings on the value of the public opinion.

Jun 1 • -J

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