Jews Don’t Count: A Times Book of the Year 2021

* I’ve been avoiding this word so far. It might have been easier to use it earlier – as shorthand for the progressives on the right side of history, etc. – but I think it’s become an overused, somewhat lazy word recently, particularly in its use as a scratching post for free speech warriors. Plus the word originated in the civil rights movement, and I respect that usage. However, it does, I think, describe how Mear One would see himself.