Half way through -- this is so far an ideal essay (dare I say Platonic?) It has everything: 1) a series of reversals that leave you wondering what the conclus

Half way through -- this is so far an ideal essay (dare I say Platonic?) It has everything: 1) a series of reversals that leave you wondering what the conclusion will be 2) late modern, contemporary, and personal histories that make you feel more informed as well as touched and entertained, and 3) that timeliness that makes you feel like you've written this essay yourself in the spare moments between thoughts, over the last 7 years