Archive for the 'Life and Life Only' Category


Rap Capital: An Atlanta Story

https://amzn.to/3xiW8AK How much do you know about rap? Unlike in the pre-internet era, it’s easy to ignore great swaths of music today. Many are hip-hop haters. Therefore they know nothing about the scene, never mind Atlanta and Lil Baby, but if they read this book… Now there might be some people who read “Rap Capital” […]

Biden’s Speech

You attack when you’re winning, and right now the tide has turned in favor of the Democrats. The biggest winner last night? Social media scribe Taylor Lorenz, who Tucker Carlson called out as one of Joe Biden’s foremost advisors, even though there’s no evidence he’s aware of who she is: https://bit.ly/3TEJGon This is what you […]

The USC/L.A. Times Book

“Bad City: Peril and Power in the City of Angels”: https://amzn.to/3AGwzKV 1 A couple of days ago, “Washington Monthly” published its college rankings. Which vary widely from those in the “U.S. News & World Report,” both of which are completely different from the rankings in the “Wall Street Journal,” which focus on outcomes, i.e. how […]

What’s Cool

“The Book That Explains Our Cultural Stagnation”: https://nyti.ms/3AEj5z2 This book is not coming out until next Tuesday, but I can’t get Michelle Goldberg’s opinion piece out of my head. For the record, the book is entitled: “Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change”: https://amzn.to/3Q6g0NQ Do […]