The Satanic Witch by Anton LaVey — Seduction as a Discipline, Not a Gift
Forget the sulfur. Forget the black candles and the inverted pentagram. Strip away every piece…
Darwin’s Worms by Adam Phillips — The Grandeur of Going Slow
Reading Adam Phillips after Richard Dawkins is a bit like stepping off a highway and…
On Not Being Moved: A Night at Petra After the Crowds Are Gone
A private journal from Petra by Night — not a travel review, but a Stoic reckoning with the vanity of spectacle and the useful gift of disappointment.
The Lost Long Island Duck Variations: WWI Rationing and the Potato Substitute
Four ducks changed everything. That is not hyperbole. In 1873, a handful of white Pekin…
Demystifying Bonac Clam Pie: The Historic East End Recipe Every Local Needs to Try
Pull up a chair at any table in the Springs section of East Hampton —…
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by George Berkeley — A Review
What George Berkeley accomplishes in three short conversations between two fictional men strolling through a…
