A fight reveals a fault line in my marriage| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
Watch now | Short clips and the full recording from David Roberts and Elle Griffin's live video.| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
The Republic of Letters recently ran two articles “debating” the following question: “Is Gen Z The Worst Gen Ever Or Just Tolerably Bad?”| robertsdavidn.substack.com
Early one morning this week, my daughter Lauren “FaceTimed” with me.| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
One-eyed men in this context are those who look the other way when a horrific crime is taking place.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
This week I answered Sari Botton's excellent Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, available below. Like any superb exercise in self-discovery, her deceptively simple questions get to the heart of who I am.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
A summer night in 1978 on the Jersey Shore. This vignette about my father as a quiet hero was top of mind because in the past few weeks my father turned 88 and my son became a father for the first time.| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
This week I answered Sari Botton's excellent Oldster Magazine Questionnaire, available below. Like any superb exercise in self-discovery, her deceptively simple questions get to the heart of who I am.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
An attorney's opening statement is a story| robertsdavidn.substack.com
Our third grandchild was born this week.| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
I like the 1998 movie “Sliding Doors;" within the confines of a romantic comedy, it does a good job of demonstrating how small events can have an outsized influence on the course of a life.| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
Eva Heyman and Caroline Leventhal host a podcast called Mic’d and Medicated where they unabashedly and fearlessly talk and laugh about topics from body image to prescription drugs to trying to raise kids of privilege who won’t turn into entitled jerks.| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
A recording from David Roberts's live video| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
Sunday June 22nd at 2:00 pm EDT| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
In the summer of 1986, at the age of twenty-four, I convicted two young men of felony assault against a female prostitute. I passed judgment during jury selection, or voir dire.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
My personal struggle to feel like a success in collaboration with writer Laura Kennedy. My essay first, then a link to hers, and then a short video conversation between Laura and me.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
A recording from David Roberts's live video| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
Tuesday June 17th at 2 pm EDT| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
Status Anxiety And Loss Aversion: A Cruel Combination| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
Discussing Natasha's views on the connection between status anxiety and falling fertility rates.| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
Tuesday June 10th at 5PM EDT| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
What I learned from my Substack Live conversation with Eleanor Anstruther| robertsdavidn.substack.com
This past Memorial Day Weekend, I was walking my dog Sophie on the road outside our East Hampton home when I met H., a former work colleague going for a solitary walk.| Sparks from Culture by David Roberts
Testing the story of a privileged life| robertsdavidn.substack.com
By conservative I mean a preference for change that is gradual rather than radical. I also mean a love of tradition.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
My personal struggle to feel like a success in collaboration with writer Laura Kennedy. My essay first, then a link to hers, and then a short video conversation between Laura and me.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
First, an update on my brother Samuel's defense of his unjustly arrested client.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
An attorney's opening statement is a story| robertsdavidn.substack.com
How Adelle Waldman’s new novel Help Wanted is a Rorschach test for me about wealth and modern American capitalism| robertsdavidn.substack.com
Air Rage: violent anger arising from the frustrations and stresses of air travel.| robertsdavidn.substack.com
