Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I read a book about pre-modern steppe empires recently and while I’m sure the author’s takes were shaped by present-day political circumstances, the nice thing about it is the subject is sufficiently weird that I couldn’t really tell how or why. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@AdamSerwer Oh because of the Pulitzer Prize! I get it. I’m reading Chernow’s Grant biography and feeling a little annoyed that he won’t explicitly say what the deal is with the ebb and flow of his subject’s historical reputation even though he just did this for Hamilton too. — PolitiTweet.org