My Best

On AI, agency, and the future of meaning

Apr 15 • Charlie Andrade

The Bombs Over Minab

On the children of Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school and the people of Pontiac, Michigan

Mar 14 • Charlie Andrade

On Epstein, ambition, and the capitulation of conscience

Feb 20 • Charlie Andrade

Wrestling with the inhibition of ambition

Dec 10, 2025 • Charlie Andrade

You Have to Fight

On a birthday I share with a country I love

Jul 4, 2025 • Charlie Andrade

On cruelty, unfairness, and grief.

Jun 21, 2025 • Charlie Andrade

The Poison of Modern Cynicism

A society obsessed with not seeming obsessed

May 16, 2025 • Charlie Andrade

The World Biden Wanted

History likely won’t look fondly on the President. It wasn’t for a lack of trying.

Jan 17, 2025 • Charlie Andrade

The Crown and the Cudgel

A celebration of ambition and embarrassment

Nov 29, 2024 • Charlie Andrade

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