RealClearBooks September 16, 2026 Archives

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My Weekend with an A.I. Agent

Brady Brickner-Wood The New Yorker

Tom Cruise: Hollywood’s Most Elusive Star Speaks

Zach Baron GQ

A Nation of Strange, Idle Men

Jeremy Gordon The Atlantic

Sydney Sweeney’s Naked Truth

Caitlin Flanagan The Free Press

Claude: Tyranny’s Little Helper

Peter Frankopen UnHerd

Coyote vs. Acme’s Existential Stakes

Daniel Bessner Imperialist Realism

So Much Is Yet to Be Written—

Selen Ozturk Cleveland Review of Books

Humanity’s Flight 93 Moment

Erik Hoel The Intrinsic Perspective

Publishers, Take Note: This Is How You Win Back Men

Madeline Hart Pirate Wires

It Was the Worst of Times, It Was the Worst of Times

Ron Charles Substack

No Fury

Zain Khalid Kismet

Taste Isn’t a Bad Word

Sean Tatol The Point’s Substack

St. John Mandel Built ‘Exit Party’ Out of a Battered LA

Erik Pedersen OC Register

Rachel Cusk’s Diminishing Returns

Nora Shaalan Public Books

Kevin Smith According to Kevin Smith

Alexander Sorondo Substack

Christopher Moltisanti: Child of the Suburbs

Chris Marino Cracks in Postmodernity