Ajay Kundaria
@akundaria.bsky.social
Seeking and learning to recognize who and what, in the midst of inferno, are not inferno.
Formerly: Chief Counsel to Sen. Klobuchar, Obama Administration official, Democratic campaign staffer.
Speaking for no one but myself.
Formerly: Chief Counsel to Sen. Klobuchar, Obama Administration official, Democratic campaign staffer.
Speaking for no one but myself.
Between the idea
and the reality,
between the motion
and the act
falls the Shadow.
and the reality,
between the motion
and the act
falls the Shadow.
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Between the idea
and the reality,
between the motion
and the act
falls the Shadow.
and the reality,
between the motion
and the act
falls the Shadow.
Prickly Paradigm Press has been at it for years; they've published David Graeber, Chris Lehmann, Thomas Geoghegan, Rick Perlstein...
Prickly Paradigm Press
pricklyparadigm.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Prickly Paradigm Press has been at it for years; they've published David Graeber, Chris Lehmann, Thomas Geoghegan, Rick Perlstein...
diarrhoea is worse than diarrhea
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 AM
diarrhoea is worse than diarrhea
My Straussian reading is that the reference to building Rome sounds like a go-code for "integration from within."
November 13, 2025 at 3:15 AM
My Straussian reading is that the reference to building Rome sounds like a go-code for "integration from within."
A clear antecedent in “Bobos”-era David Brooks.
November 3, 2025 at 2:57 AM
A clear antecedent in “Bobos”-era David Brooks.
There is no winning at Trinitarian Calvinball, other than to not play.
August 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
There is no winning at Trinitarian Calvinball, other than to not play.
Fiction works better at a lower resolution than history; GRRM is now more in Caro's territory than Herbert's.
July 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Fiction works better at a lower resolution than history; GRRM is now more in Caro's territory than Herbert's.
Their audience engagement model absolutely requires them to publish that piece, which is why the Times is so far gone.
July 1, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Their audience engagement model absolutely requires them to publish that piece, which is why the Times is so far gone.
Right now, it might be nice to have birds that do not come home to roost.
June 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Right now, it might be nice to have birds that do not come home to roost.
It might be the only movie bad enough to distract you from the world beyond the screen.
June 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It might be the only movie bad enough to distract you from the world beyond the screen.
Thanks, Ilya. You've written a fair amount that I disagree with over the years, but I've come to appreciate your commitment to your principles, and the principles that we share, in these times.
June 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Thanks, Ilya. You've written a fair amount that I disagree with over the years, but I've come to appreciate your commitment to your principles, and the principles that we share, in these times.
Good thing for Michael Anton that he only buys suits made in Hungary.
June 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Good thing for Michael Anton that he only buys suits made in Hungary.
Is it time to create Serpentor?
June 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Is it time to create Serpentor?