Luke Savage

1 week ago | lukewsavage.com | Luke Savage

“Unless we have our own national way, we will have the American way.

1 week ago | lukewsavage.com | Luke Savage

The stock parlance of a particular era can often tell you a whole lot. When it comes to political eras, the phrases and flourishes that are most remembered tend to be the exceptional ones. But it’s in the quotidian speech of an age — its cliches, its recurrent tropes, its rhetorical ticks, etc. — that many of the latent values and most deep-seated assumptions are really buried. When it comes to body language, we communicate a great deal to those around us without always meaning to.

1 week ago | open.substack.com | Luke Savage

The stock parlance of a particular era can often tell you a whole lot. When it comes to political eras, the phrases and flourishes that are most remembered tend to be the exceptional ones. But it’s in the quotidian speech of an age — its cliches, its recurrent tropes, its rhetorical ticks, etc. — that many of the latent values and most deep-seated assumptions are really buried. When it comes to body language, we communicate a great deal to those around us without always meaning to.

1 week ago | lukewsavage.com | Luke Savage

First off, today marks three months since I created this Substack. I’m incredibly grateful to the nearly 1,700 of you who have subscribed so far, and to everyone who has read, shared, or commented on these posts. I’m especially grateful to those of you who’ve taken out paid subscriptions: thanks to you, I have enough of those to keep writing and publishing regularly on here. If you’ve been on the fence about upgrading to a paid subscription, I completely understand.

2 weeks ago | lukewsavage.com | Luke Savage

(Note: I finished this piece yesterday, but since it was too late in the day to publish I decided to hold off until this morning. So to those who read on and are wondering about the various references to “last night”, that’s the explanation…) Results continue to trickle in from last night’s federal election, but a few hours after midnight the final picture was basically clear. Mark Carney and the Liberals have won, but have also failed to secure a majority.