Substacks recommended by John Ellis

Recommended by John Ellis

As the Marx Brothers said, there ain't no sanity clause--but these are my latest thoughts about politics, policy, culture, books and other stuff.

Joe is Hall-of-Fame great.

- John Ellis

Home & Away

By Richard Haass

Weekly analysis of everything from the state of American democracy to the state of the world and U.S. foreign policy.

Richard's newletter is smart, knowledgable, well-written. The golf parts don't mention our unblemished record (over many matches) against the hapless Schmidts. So I mention it here.

- John Ellis

Dominic Cummings substack

Systems Politics and Regime Change

Your Local Epidemiologist

By Katelyn Jetelina

Providing a direct line of public health science to you

The latest on public health. Invaluable.

- John Ellis

The Free Press

By Bari Weiss

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Smart counter-programming, so to speak.

- John Ellis

The Weekly Dish

By Andrew Sullivan

"To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle," - Orwell

Intelligent, beautifully written, well-argued, civil.

- John Ellis

STUMP - Meep on public finance, pensions, mortality and more

By Mary Pat Campbell

Public finance, pensions, mortality trends from the perspective of Meep (Mary Pat Campbell), a life-annuity actuary. Less frequent topics: data visualization, actuarial politics, literature, opera, and sumo.