Current work · Writing
Writing in progress
Here I explain what I'm still working on and how I choose my topics. The writing archive brings together all my finished pieces, both longer essays and shorter commentary.
Vote Until You Comply
More MEPs voted against the EU's Chat Control law than for it, but it survived anyway, because rejection needed an absolute majority in a chamber that had already half emptied for the summer. No rule was broken, and that is the scandal. Brussels has treated a No as a scheduling problem before.
In the pipeline
I usually have a longer essay and shorter commentary in progress at the same time. The essay takes a position and develops the argument fully, which takes a while. The commentary responds to something current, such as a policy decision or a debate I think is going the wrong way. It goes out when it's ready, without a fixed schedule.
How topics get chosen
Most pieces begin when I read an article or hear a talk and come across an argument I can't answer on the spot. I start writing an answer with the arguments I know, then research the ones I don't. If that doesn't leave me with a position of my own, I don't publish the piece.