Archive - The Ruffian

Nike's Winning Strategy

On the Cultural Significance of Its 2024 Olympics Campaign

2 hrs ago •

No, Joe Biden Is Not a Hero

There's Only One Politician Who Comes Out Of This Well

Jul 23 •

The Trump Shooting Was Fake News

On Events and Non-Events

Jul 20 •

Five Bad Motivations With Good Outcomes

Plus a Rattle Bag of Juicy Links

Jul 13 •

Do You Wear the Mask or Does the Mask Wear you?

Novak Djokovic, Boris Johnson, and the Art of Creating a Professional Persona

Jul 10 •

Congrats Keir, You Won, Now Change

Prime Minister Starmer Needs To Be Very Different To Opposition Leader Starmer

Jul 6 •

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Joe Biden?

Why It's Hard and What Will Happen

Jul 3 •

June 2024

The Age of Centrist Heroes Is Over

I Hope You Like Pizza

Jun 29 •

Birth Of the Nudge Economy

Minutes of a momentous meeting in Napa Valley

Jun 22 •

Creativity Needs Stupidity

How artists think and unthink

Jun 15 •

Why You Have an Obligation To Be Optimistic

The Ethics of Emotional Disposition

Jun 8 •

Britain's Peculiar Brand of Patriotism, In Three Ads

Heroes To Zeroes

Jun 5 •

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