Toplines

Notes on diplomacy, espionage, journalism, business, technology, and culture.
Title Date
Why a therapist is more than a friend for hire Nov 9, 2025
Mathematicians don’t read math books Nov 8, 2025
Life as a CIA agent bored William F. Buckley, Jr. Nov 5, 2025
Diplomats in embassy pool triggered Maine Senate candidate Oct 31, 2025
How to steal from the State Department with QuickBooks Oct 28, 2025
Francis Fukuyama on how the web bred global distrust in institutions Oct 27, 2025
You don’t always have to get that shot Oct 25, 2025
Perhaps Josef K. was guilty after all Oct 20, 2025
Peter Matthiessen’s work for the CIA ‘sits uneasily within his biography’ Oct 19, 2025
Better-paid employees = more profit Oct 18, 2025
‘I am a traitor’ Oct 14, 2025
You are my secret informant love! Oct 13, 2025
Europe is suffering from Stockholm syndrome Oct 13, 2025
Welcome to ICE Oct 13, 2025
White House official accused of sexual harassment Oct 12, 2025
Sylvia Plath’s desire for ‘salable stories’ hindered her progress as a writer Oct 12, 2025
Only elites believe in elite consensus Oct 11, 2025
U.S. diplomat fired for dating a Chinese woman Oct 11, 2025
Corruption is opportunity for the poor Oct 8, 2025
Henry James on how to write a novel Oct 7, 2025
Cynthia Ozick on dipping Norman Mailer’s balls in ink Oct 6, 2025
The good life can be urban Oct 5, 2025
Netanyahu’s apology Oct 4, 2025
Tom Lehrer was a spy agency prankster Oct 3, 2025
Home schooling’s ‘inescapable sameness’ leads teenager to solve 40-year-old math mystery Aug 5, 2025
Medals expose Russian center for cyber espionage Aug 2, 2025
How African are Les Demoiselles d’Avignon? Jul 30, 2025
Is selling unclassified information about the U.S. embassy in Oslo a crime? Jul 27, 2025
Iranian technology launched Russian drone industry Jul 20, 2025
AI slows coders Jul 20, 2025
Kill your second brain Jul 19, 2025
Anti-money laundering laws don’t work Jul 13, 2025
Spies can’t hide Jul 10, 2025
AI legal hallucinations database Jul 5, 2025
John Oliver rants about ‘AI slop’ Jul 2, 2025
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