Odds and Ends of History

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About Odds and Ends of History

Welcome to Odds and Ends of History, a newsletter where I break down big ideas and try to explain clearly how we should think about them. I’m deliberately covering a wide range of topics, ranging from politics, to policy, to explaining why people on Twitter are talking nonsense.

My slightly pretentious goal is to try to make you think harder about the issue at hand.