Archive - Sparks from Culture by David Roberts

I Forgot That Monday Was Holocaust Remembrance Day

My Jewish identity and the perils of assimilation

8 hrs ago •

My Family Story of Generational Wealth

An immigrant's triumph, a few fortunate marriages, one family schism healed through wisdom, another family schism made permanent through betrayal.

May 4 •

April 2024

Imprecise Truths About The American Caste System From My Own Experience

First, an update on my brother Samuel's defense of his unjustly arrested client.

Apr 27 •

At A Murder Trial In Queens, New York With My Brother

An attorney's opening statement is a story

Apr 20 •

An Open Message To The Top 0.1%

Opinions should be formed with more thought than choosing which hat to wear

Apr 13 •

A Much Needed Adjustment To My Factory Settings On Marriage and Children

An update on the ongoing project of opening my mind.

Apr 6 •

March 2024

You Had Me At A Glance

The beautiful girl, the silver wig, and the hot nightclub with its impassable velvet rope

Mar 30 •

What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Sex

I have never discussed my married sex life with anyone other than a doctor and my wife Debbie, with whom discussion has always been beside the point…

Mar 23 •

My Candor Writing About Wealth Comes With A Price

How Adelle Waldman’s new novel Help Wanted is a Rorschach test for me about wealth and modern American capitalism

Mar 16 •

A Fight Reveals The Fault Lines in My Marriage

Confessions Of A Happily Married Husband

Mar 9 •

Finding My Vocation On Substack As I Turn 62

A passion for writing defeats my birthday blues

Mar 2 •

February 2024

Empathy For The Devil

Cultivating empathy for loathsome people

Feb 24 •

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