Latest Dispatches
Opinions, dressed as facts
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On the Why and How of Travel
Travel should enlarge the world rather than merely add locations to one’s biography.
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Society Begins Outside the Home
If civilization begins at home, society begins the moment one steps outside and discovers that other people have been allowed to live nearby.
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A Guide to the Domestic Territory
The home is where civilization begins, and it should be the place where one becomes more oneself rather than less.
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How to Dress
The first rule of the Wardrobe: dress for the world as it is, for the occasion as it deserves, and for the body you actually possess.
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How to Read
Read widely, judge carefully, and mistake neither difficulty nor popularity for merit.