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5. The Epstein class's secret weapon
These super-elites practiced a kind of solidarity, elevating shared interests over clashing beliefs. Can we learn from that?
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1. Epstein's network of bystanders
In the first chapter of our Epstein Class series, we dig into the elite culture that enabled so much abuse: obsessive network maintenance, "optionality…
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2. Never eat with women
In chapter two of our Epstein Class series, we examine a strange absence in the photographic record -- and the greatest fear of the men in Epstein's…
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How to live under Trump II
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The opposite of fascism
Mar 19, 2025
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Lina Khan on how the Epstein class hates being told no, whether in private or public life
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2. Never eat with women
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We are falling on our face because we are jumping high
Jan 15, 2021
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ESSAY: Home of the brave? Really?
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Ask me anything: Epstein Class series debrief
A recording from Anand Giridharadas's live video
Apr 25
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Things I clicked with
Weekend reads (and listens and watches and cooks)
Apr 25
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The trad wives feeling buyer's remorse
Jessica Grose on the Heritage Foundation's latest effort to turn back the clock -- and some trad wives with regrets
Apr 23
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Why conspiracy theories are booming
A conversation about the Epstein files, convened by The Drift
Apr 22
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NOTEBOOK: AI wants you to feel unneeded. Don't let it
Some reflections on Big Tech subway ads, Jodi Kantor's "How to Start," and the power of the idea of craft (as opposed to career)
Apr 21
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After Epsteingate, the ball is in our court
A More Perfect Union report well worth your time
Apr 17
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Riz Ahmed on what Hamlet was really trying to tell us
A radical Shakespeare for our time -- and for everyone
Apr 16
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The Heritage Foundation wants to plan your family
Today at 12:30 p.m. Eastern, a conversation with Jessica Grose about a remarkable new think tank report aiming to "save the family”
Apr 16
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Can A.I. replace "all the writers"?
From the archives: In Silicon Valley in 2016, a group of A.I. whizzes and venture capitalists met to plot how to “replace all the writers." I was there
Apr 14
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