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Subscribe to writer Dan O'Sullivan's weekly publication on America's gilded underworld, featuring essays and reported journalism on crime, poverty, corruption, Zen monks, and film noir. Also starring: the best fried egg recipe ever.

Only The Moon As Witness

Only The Moon As Witness

Explaining Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, where Israeli apartheid exploded this month into an assault on Gaza, through my field work a decade ago amongst the residents there.

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39 min read

A Walk Along the Green Line

A Walk Along the Green Line

A fast fact sheet introducing you to Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, flashpoint for the Palestinian-Israeli crisis this month.

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4 min read

Dream Factory

Dream Factory

The Oscars Sell Phony Dreams. Good Thing Hollywood's Nightmares Are So Honest.

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6 min read

He Walked By Night

He Walked By Night

Welcome Back to "Welcome to Sullyville," now on Ghost! Allow me to reintroduce myself and to clarify the mission of this newsletter: tracing the darkest corners of the gilded American underworld, that morass of crime, corruption, and inequity which defines our country today.

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9 min read

Legitimate Business

Legitimate Business

How Wall Street Put Organized Crime Out of Business

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12 min read

Ghosts

Ghosts

The Savagery of America, 2021

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12 min read

Electric Dreams

Electric Dreams

When Even A Sci-Fi Wasteland Seems More Alluring Than Reality

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11 min read

Holidays in Hanoi

Holidays in Hanoi

Finding Meaning In The Coldest Winter

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10 min read

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall

Cherry Blossoms and Coronavirus

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1 min read

Social Distancing

Social Distancing

The Crisis Before the Storm

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3 min read

21st Century Spiv

21st Century Spiv

Why All Billionaires Are Criminals

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6 min read

No Good

No Good

Jimmy McGill versus Saul Goodman, Better Angels and Worse Devils

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12 min read

Read of the Week

Read of the Week

Kaleb Horton on Charles Portis

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1 min read

THE American Writer, Part I

THE American Writer, Part I

RIP Charles Portis.

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5 min read

A Garbageman's Notes, Part IV

A Garbageman's Notes, Part IV

Oscar Fever

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5 min read