Shmulik's Takes

Why I'm Voting for Zohran Mamdani

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Mr. Cardamom

Nov 2, 2025 • Sami Gold

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June 2025

A Life in 102 Years

Remembering Leo

Jun 7, 2025 • Sami Gold

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May 2024

Is Trump a Fascist? Does It Matter?

On the Fool's Errand of Navel-Gazing

May 16, 2024 • Sami Gold

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December 2023

Conservatism: A Reading List

How to Succeed in Researching Conservatism without Really Trying (To Find Anything for Yourself)

Dec 21, 2023 • Sami Gold

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October 2023

On Grief

Or All the Things I Cannot Say

Oct 22, 2023 • Sami Gold

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Things That Are Not At All, Are Never Lost

A Short, Unscientific Rumination on Why McCarthy's Speakership Failed

Oct 4, 2023 • Sami Gold

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August 2023

A Letter Concerning the GOP Debate

An Off-the-Cuff Deliberation on a Weird, Obscenely Stupid Night

Aug 26, 2023 • Sami Gold

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July 2023

Subscriber Poll

I wanna hear your thoughts!

Jul 3, 2023 • Sami Gold

June 2023

Campaigning's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Lose

An early analysis of the Trump/DeSantis 2024 Republican Primary dialectic

Jun 2, 2023 • Sami Gold

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Coming soon

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Jun 2, 2023 • Sami Gold