The world needs more communicators like Derek Lowe who can give a clear-eyed, de-bullshittified perspective on the world, while also being great writers who are a pleasure to read. I follow his blog, and while a lot of it goes over my head (or seems very niche), a lot is great. The only other such writers I know about is Matt Levine at Bloomberg, and Atul Gawande (who's a bit less blunt, perhaps). And of course the late Carl Sagan. Any others?
Professor Heather Cox Richardson (US History) has a blunt near daily summary with frequent call backs to significant high and low points of the past two and a half centuries:
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The world needs more communicators like Derek Lowe who can give a clear-eyed, de-bullshittified perspective on the world, while also being great writers who are a pleasure to read. I follow his blog, and while a lot of it goes over my head (or seems very niche), a lot is great. The only other such writers I know about is Matt Levine at Bloomberg, and Atul Gawande (who's a bit less blunt, perhaps). And of course the late Carl Sagan. Any others?
Professor Heather Cox Richardson (US History) has a blunt near daily summary with frequent call backs to significant high and low points of the past two and a half centuries:
eg: August 15, 2026 - https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/august-15-2026
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heather_Cox_Richardson