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It is Practical to Be Good

B. D. McClay on American idealism in the age of Trump.

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Mar 21, 2025
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Today, we are happy to publish B. D. McClay for the first time on Wisdom of Crowds. BDM is an incisive and original critic and essayist, whose range covers everything from contemporary literature to the value of posterity, from Taylor Swift to the meaning of beauty. Her work has appeared in The Drift, the New Yorker and the New York Times. She is a former …

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Essayist + critic. I am also writing a book about science fiction. 🪐 The dog's name is Boswell.
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