Newsletter Why does talking to - and listening to - people matter? The long-overdue second installment of "If I Did It" - a rumination on research methods built to understand, and to act.
Newsletter If I Did It** A few initial thoughts about how a branding agency would approach rebranding the Democrats
Newsletter Over before it began The importance of fighting for real victories, and moral ones too. And a bit about Clausewitz, because I took Law of War in law school. So there.
Newsletter Always-on Brands You can't build a brand in 107 days. You shouldn't run a campaign once every 2 years. But also: you don't need to run weekly brand trackers.
"when the city they love finally loves them back" Brands are vehicles for emotions. You can't build those vehicles with surveys.
Newsletter Representative Democracy is an Interface Some reflections on my conversation with G. Elliott Morris, all while reading a book literally called Oligarchy.
What should pollsters do in the absence of a horse race? A new episode of Cross Tabs, featuring Ariel Edwards-Levy
Why does all this ambition & abundance seem so... small? A few half-formed thoughts on what I suspect is getting in the way of leadership.
Newsletter What is a brand? What do Democrats have to do with soda, burgers, rental cars, sportsball teams, or SaaS? Let's discuss.
The Topline Friday Rant Time I am not emotionally prepared to talk about the Actual Problems, so instead I got mad at a liberal YouTuber
The Topline "A generation of the unteachable hanging upon us like a necklace of corpses" This week's links, which Orwell would've absolutely hated.
Newsletter Every victory means a change in the status quo Re-reading Orwell, Shor, and the Third Way, and finding a way forward
The Topline Between faith and disbelief Some thoughts on making predictions when nobody believes in the future. Plus: links.
