Briefly noted for November 23, 2022
It looks like the theme of this week's Briefly Noted post is Substack. I didn’t intend it, but each of the following is taken from the platform:
Substack is launching
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Briefly Noted for November 9, 2022
Taylor Swift told us in the Folklore studio movie that the 5th track on each of her albums holds a special meaning for her. It wasn’t exactly a secret, but the film
Briefly Noted for May 27, 2021
I read Zach Carter's magisterial biography of John Maynard Keynes, The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy, and the Life of John Maynard Keynes. Not only is it a super-readable education in
Briefly Noted for November 24, 2020
I just finished Alan Mikhail's God's Shadow, an excellent history of the Ottoman Empire told through the lens of one of its greatest leaders, the Sultan Selim, who ruled
Briefly Noted for October 24, 2018
Caitlin Flanagan's eloquent description of how histories, true or false, operate in families (e.g. Elizabeth Warren's family):
How many times during my childhood did my father tell me