RealClearBooks August 13, 2026 Archives

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Senator Chris Murphy Almost Gets It

Frank Filocomo RealClearBooks

Can Jeremy Strong Make Us Root for Mark Zuckerberg?

Alex Pappademas GQ

From Isaac Newton to Jason Arday

Louise Perry WSJ Free Expression

We Need to Talk About 'Fight Club'

Chuck Palahniuk UnHerd

Bookstore-Slash-Skate-Shop Next to Ballerina Farm

Claire Carusillo Paris Review

Performative Reading

Brittany Dennison The Baffler

Colson Whitehead’s Long Con

Stephen Kearse The New Republic

Working at the Clubhouse

Camille Collins Substack

James Ellroy’s Top 10

James Ellroy The Criterion Collection

A Candid Conversation with Aaron Sorkin

Michael Sebastian Esquire

What Should the Future Look Like?

Nate Berg Fast Company

The Spectre of Pep

Jonathan Derbyshire The Financial Times

The Lamentation of Natasha Stagg

Natasha Stagg Substack

Sullivan Revisited

Glenn Reynolds Law & Liberty

Everybody Loves Big Boy

Noelle Mateer Defector

The Tomato Festival That Turned Into A Culture War

Lauren Bair Daily Wire

Resisting the Seductions of AI Fluency

Alastair Benn Engelsberg Ideas