Kramerbooks, Sentimentality, and Me An essay for The Bulwark dealing with the emotional response to the prospect of losing a Washington D.C. cultural institution.(Photo credit: Carl Maynard) Our Masks, Ourselves Meet the creators who are preserving the spirit of American individualism as mask culture goes global. Reporting on Etsy sellers and the cultural significance of masks for The Bulwark. The Pandemic and the Noise We Need “Where is everybody?”—the new Fermi Paradox of cities under lockdown. An essay on silence and silencing for The Bulwark. The Rumors of War An essay on Kehinde Wiley’s one-man stand against the Confederate monuments littered throughout the South for The American Interest.(Photo credit: GettyImages)