Ike and His Clubs - a biography by Bradley A. Evans on Dwight Eisenhower and the private clubs he belonged to. Expected release Summer 2025.

The following articles require actual work (by way of research) … so they’ll be published when I’m done tinkering with them. In the meantime, the wonted menagerie of ruminations and observations will be on the front page - BAE

  • A Curious Relationship with Brutalist Architecture

    It looks terrible from all angles, like a perfectly groomed poodle. It’s a giant, soulless cement block that hovers over you, looking down upon you like a disapproving authoritative figure who encapsulates the romance of a misanthrope with the odious charm of Soviet-era monuments.

  • The Esoteric Soul of the Federal Reserve

    For the average American, the Fed may or may not be the reason a gallon of milk is quickly becoming cost prohibitive. It may also employ imperious Princeton grads in sack suits who aloofly print billions of greenbacks while cackling over brandy and cigars in wood paneled rooms.

  • Ranking Wes Anderson's Oeuvre

    Wes Anderson could fairly be compared to black licorice: if you’re into it, you’re really into it. So much so, in fact, that you don’t really understand your infatuation with it or why you feel the need to defend it when someone says, 'I hated The Royal Tenenbaums.”