April Book Update

Reader help needed! (Poll below)

It’s April and things are plugging along. The weather is actually much better than this picture suggests and the book currently stands around 30,000 words, with the policy and life chapters yet to be written. I’m also working with my research assistant to compile a list of agents and possible publishers. I’m in the process of writing the life/politics chapter now while also re-engaging with some older posts on criminal justice reform and my own research on healthcare reform.

The goal is to sketch out how we can use radically moderate principles as a kind of toolkit to think about a range of contentious issues.

In the interest of reader engagement and real-time feedback, I wanted to see if my readers have thoughts on the political/social/cultural areas on which you would most like a radically moderate perspective. I sort of intentionally shied away from some of the more contentious issues in the culture wars, but since that’s an area that needs radical moderation more than any other, I’ll wade in if that’s where reader interest is.

I’m also trying out the polling feature on Substack, which is another fun excuse for asking for feedback (but I really do want the feedback).

The current plan is to have a policy chapter and a broad “life” chapter. The goal isn’t really to dig into any particular policy/life area in extensive detail, since each issue would take multiple volumes to do justice to. The real goal is to sketch out how we can use radically moderate principles as a kind of toolkit to think about a range of contentious issues.

So with that in mind, fill out the polls below! See? Fun!

I also “restacked” a criminal justice post from three years ago over on Substack Notes to give readers a taste of what the policy chapter might entail. I’ll be using that space for playing with ideas for posts, highlighting radically moderate badasses (historical and contemporary) and doing shorter hot-takes on current events. At least, that’s the plan with all my free time [insert dark ironic laughter here].

As always, I love reader feedback! Take the poll, check out Notes, and leave a comment. If you haven’t already, subscribe and share!