Enjoying the view from Limbo
by Daren Jonescu · Published October 14, 2026 · Last modified October 15, 2026
Today, my YouTube algorithm informed me of a recent Dispatch podcast featuring Jonah Goldberg’s interview with a certain “Hannah Arendt scholar,” Roger Berkowitz, focused on Professor Berkowitz’s new book about Arendt and friendship. The topic was interesting on its face, so I took the bait and clicked on the recommendation, which turned out, as such things typically do, to be an excellent reminder...
Recently, a bright-eyed, enthusiastic Korean student asked me for winter reading recommendations. To choose appropriately, I engaged her in two hours’ general conversation aimed at gaining a better understanding of her character. At one point, I asked her the half-whimsical question, “If you were on a plane that was about to crash, whom would you want sitting next to you?” Her eyes widened...
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