Kohut
@kohut
rhymes with donut | author, Speaking Out, The Smart Mission, Compelling People | Georgetown U Press, MIT Press, Penguin | comms whisperer | words + music | ersatz intelligence | Oxford comma | curse of the easily amused
An original and very readable take on the US Constitution as viewed through the lens of The Domesday Book.
Excited to get this new chapbook by @nyurtsaba.bsky.social, with whom I share Lemko heritage on one side of my family.
Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan at McCarter Theater, with Eliza Griswold grooving in the background, 12/15/25.
So grateful to have heard Charles Lloyd at Town Hall in NYC last night in his first east coast appearance in years. Going strong at 87.
One of the great privileges of my professional life was assisting Joe Nye with his seminal work on soft power. He taught me how to write a book from start to finish. His ideas are out of vogue in this White House, but their wisdom endures. He will be missed.
Last week I saw this in the break room of a municipal government office: snacks and drinks for sale through a self-serve kiosk. The reality of government work is low pay and no freebies in exchange for the opportunity to serve the public.
With @chrisharford.bsky.social and @scottymetz.bsky.social at Studio 17 in Hopewell this evening.
I had never given much thought to Handel’s Messiah, but this is great storytelling about an artistic collaboration. I also knew nothing about “the hyp,” though it sounds all too familiar in the 21st century.
For the past few years I have given myself an MLK reading assignment. This year’s was Brothers in the Beloved Community: The Friendship of Thich Nhat Hanh and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Special time this evening sitting in with @dcolley.bsky.social @chrisharford.bsky.social and Stuart Bogie at Studio 17 in Hopewell.
If you look closely, you can see that @warren.senate.gov is holding up a library copy of Pete Hegseth’s book with a bar code on the plastic cover. She’s not paying for that one.