Systems Letter
Three times a week — Monday, Wednesday, and Friday — I send out a short note. Each one takes a current economic or political event and uses it as a doorway into the systems shaping it.
August 11, 2025: From Domestic Deployment to Structural Precedent
Deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., is framed as crime control, with officials stressing logistics and presence while downplaying their authority to detain individuals.