The Rittenhouse Trial and the Value of Silence

Plus: The Rise and Fall of Justin Timberlake, and Why the 2000s Were Terrible

It might seem decidedly out of step with the times, but I've been thinking about the French postmodern philosopher Gilles Deleuze's elevation of "the right to say nothing" as a right worth honoring. This right to silence is under appreciated and, in its own way, quite beautiful. Not to gratuitously mix high and low culture, but Justin Timberlake echoed …