The Transom

My personal Substack

By Morgan Ortagus

BRIGHT is a daily newsletter on news, culture, and lifestyle. Be Inspired. Be Informed. Be BRIGHT.

Law, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

Working to stave off a looming civil war by starting at the ordinary person's level.

Stories from Show Business

Your weekly rhetorical assault on the news cycle, the people who make it, and occasionally ourselves.

People before politics. Country before party. Peace, prosperity, security and freedom.

A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.

Culture • Events • Strategy

fwd aggregates the latest tech news, commentary, and reviews, from smartphones and computers to Silicon Valley and emerging technology.

A Podcast About Internet Nonsense

Sports, Business, Politics, Culture

The collective American Experience is its history, its people, and the moments that keep us on a path to an ideal - what that looks like is up to us, for now.

Humor pieces, short stories, updates on my novels and other writing, plus other fun stuff.

Reporting on humanity, civilization, and the environment.

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world, by Glenn Loury, Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute

Free Thought. Cheap

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Life is hard. That's why we tell stories. They give us strength. This Is The Way digs into books, movies, TV shows and comics to find meaning, guidance and wisdom in popular culture.