Archive - Notes from Exile

January 2025

December 2024

My White Christmas

The Swedes Celebrate Their Way, and I’m All In (I Guess)

Dec 29, 2024 •

I left the U.S. for Sweden, but Maybe Nowhere is Safe

Dec 15, 2024 •

The Patterns in the Noise

How I Knew it was Time to Leave the U.S.

Dec 3, 2024 •

November 2024

A Starting Point for Disaffected Americans

Nov 11, 2024 •

Why is America Like This, Anyway?

My Friend Colin Woodard has a Seriously Brilliant Theory

Nov 3, 2024 •

October 2024

Walking the Talk

American Ideals are Great on Paper, but Take a Look Around

Oct 27, 2024 •

Thrift v. Waste

How Sweden Fixed my American Concept of Disposability Without Really Trying

Oct 19, 2024 •

September 2024

Unpacking my 9/11

It Happened to My Country, but it Also Happened to Me

Sep 20, 2024 •

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