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Daniel Brook
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Journalist, Author, Traveler
New book, THE EINSTEIN OF SEX, out now:
https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324007241
I figured this was only in my blue New Orleans bubble but The Economist has Trump underwater statewide in Louisiana (and Mississippi and Georgia and Texas and Florida and...).
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Last time I was at the US Embassy in Berlin, in 2023, it was decked out for Pride. Now it looks like a crime scene.
October 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
#NoKings starts early in Berlin. Wach auf, y'all!
October 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It’s the top “how to” search on Google right now.
September 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This looks like happy hour at a restricted country club.
July 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Reminds me of this New York Times editorial from 1879: "To invoke the Civil Rights Laws is becoming very fashionable."
June 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Philly folks: Please come out to my book launch event for "THE EINSTEIN OF SEX: Dr Magnus Hirschfeld, Visionary of Weimar Berlin" at the Pen and Pencil Club on Monday night.
www.instagram.com/p/DJpnMqExpW...
May 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
If you were visiting from Mars, which would you think was the left-leaning paper and which the right-leaning one?
May 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On the Murdoch Media Empire right now, it's "bread" for the owning class and "circus" for the plebes:
April 4, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Given the Salvadoran prison system’s “Zero Idleness Program,” it sure sounds like the US just enslaved people without trial in contravention of the 13th Amendment.
March 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Apropos of nothing, today is a fine day to appreciate the iconic 1967 painting "Prostitute Combing Their Hair" by Cuban artist Alfredo Sosabravo.
January 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM