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Or maybe not so incipiently, according to maritime analyst John Konrad, in his widely read essay partly titled, “What If the U.S. Navy isn’t in a Hurry to Reopen the Strait?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

I’m not here to excuse this essay or deliver some platitude about separating art from the artist.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

Her memoir, which was based in part on Burden’s popular New York Times Modern Love essay “Was I Married to a Stranger?”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

In an August 1978 essay for Ebony, he observed that if the rising generation of black youth hoped to “close the gap and catch up” in income and education, their priority should be discipline:

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

“Yes, Miss Braden-Hammerschmidt. A project! You know that essay English teachers always make kids write? ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein