Sharp Text Archives
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Loud and Clear
The War in Iran is not entirely about China, but it’s definitely about China.
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The End of the World As We Know It
On Anthropic’s standoff with the U.S. government and the exhausting nature of modern news commentary.
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The NBA’s Problems Are Structural, Cultural and Fixable
What’s driving NBA fans to apathy, how the league might find its way back, and whether Adam Silver has outlived his usefulness.
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Takaichi, Tanking and Legalization Lessons
On landslide elections in Japan, fixing a mess in the NBA, and a defining political challenge for the next generation in the United States.
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What ‘Any Given Sunday’ Gets Right
Any Given Sunday is a product of its time, and its treatment of modern pro football is both more alive and more poignant than just about any sports movie to emerge since.
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The Scorpion and the Frogs
As world leaders look to China to de-risk from the U.S., it’s worth considering how we got here.
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Was Nico Harrison Wrong?
Looking back at the volcanic backlash to the Luka trade, and looking ahead to the future for Doncic in L.A.
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News in the Era of Irreconcilable Differences
The Bari Weiss era at CBS is probably not the crisis her critics allege it to be, but two realities make a successful revival look close to impossible.
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Notes from Schrödinger’s Cold War
Why the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro, and the challenge of decoding U.S. foreign policy in an era defined by cold war objectives, but without cold war rhetoric.
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Five Questions About Victor Wembanyama
Five questions about the biggest story the NBA has this season.