Fred Bauer

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  • March 19, 2025
    U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent caused heads to explode across the Beltway when he declared in a recent speech to the Economic Club of New York that “access to...
  • February 7, 2025
    I still remember really seeing John Constable’s painting The Hay Wain for the first time. After many years of viewing it through the veil of a screen or a book, I was...
  • January 20, 2025
    A performatively long workweek is one of the major status signals in the contemporary American meritocracy—whether it’s crushing hours as a medical resident, BigLaw...