I’m New York maxxing

After I graduated with a government degree from Harvard College, I realized that most people who enter our systems of government are not trained for that work. This was triply true of New York City and State. So I started a civics school (Maximum New York) after years of independent study and practice, and I’ve since taught hundreds of students inside and outside of government. I see the difference that a rigorous foundation makes on a daily basis, so I’m going to write about past and present success stories in going further, faster in politics. This writing will include how to be a better partisan and party member, and what a “good partisan” looks like. New York and America need better partisans.

Midnight schemer

I grew up on a farm in Indiana, I’m a triplet, and I enjoy sprint work on my local track. My life is filled with things I enjoy, and I’m deeply grateful to call New York City my home. I call my apartment the “Weasel’s Den,” because that’s where all the schemes happen; it’s piled high with books, musical instruments, and all kinds of tech that I enjoy messing with in between trying to write Substack posts. The first “important book” I ever read was Gone with the Wind when I was 15, and I often say that Ayn Rand’s We the Living is one of the most underrated books. At least once or twice a month I host evening lectures where I tell stories from America or New York’s history, and I always wind up wearing a hat of some kind. Outside of government and politics, one of the people I admire the most is Marie Curie.