never again to whom?
the settlers left america and packed the fourth of july in their luggage. a founding story from another shore asks who was missing from the “we.”
patterns
names change but concepts don't. essays on the recurring shapes of belief, power, and language.
doing the capitalism https://www.aftertheasterisk.com/doing-the-capitalism/
on haggling, power, and the loss of innocence
the smuggled malice https://www.aftertheasterisk.com/the-smuggled-malice
we have no word for necessary asymmetry, for arrangements where one party holds total power over another but exercises it benevolently.
the rebrand is the doctrine https://www.aftertheasterisk.com/the-rebrand-is-the-doctrine/
how “relationship” became a defense strategy
there's no such thing as a conservative hero https://www.aftertheasterisk.com/theres-no-such-thing-as-a-conservative/
why the radical becomes the orthodoxy becomes the obstacle
maps for worlds that don't exist https://www.aftertheasterisk.com/maps-for-worlds-that-dont-exist/
on apologetics, certainty, and the cost of consistency
the men on the roof https://www.aftertheasterisk.com/the-men-on-the-roof/
david & bathsheba, freedman's bank, and the anatomy of a heist