The Palladium Letter

The Triumph of German Industrial Modernism

An alliance of German artists and industrialists forged the visual order of contemporary life, from skyscrapers to smartphones. New challenges demand we…

Jan 23

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Pardon Underwrites a Year of Palladium

Sustaining ambitious governance journalism and sponsoring PALLADIUM 20: Noblesse Oblige and beyond.

Jan 23

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Celebrating PALLADIUM 19

Supporters, contributors, and donors gathered in San Francisco to celebrate our fall 2025 print edition. Here are some highlights.

Jan 1

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December 2025

New Article: The Obligation to Beauty

When the dominant culture abandons cultivating taste and aesthetics through creative excess, they leave open opportunities for once marginal groups to…

Dec 12, 2025

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New Article: The Bronze Age of Globalization

Continent-spanning supply chains that sustained the advanced technology needed by civilization were set up thousands of years ago and then collapsed. It…

Dec 5, 2025

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November 2025

Why We Launched the Print Renaissance

Palladium kickstarted a new wave of print media. The printed page is not obsolete, but the antidote to an increasingly ephemeral, frenetic, and…

Nov 25, 2025

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Cathedrals and the Silicon Soul

Once a sanctuary for art and invention, Silicon Valley has become co-opted by bureaucracy and disbelief. Its renewal depends on restoring faith in…

Nov 18, 2025

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PALLADIUM 19: Long History

Our fall 2025 print edition is now available to all Palladium members. Subscribe today to receive your copy.

Nov 17, 2025

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The Platonic Case Against AI Slop

Content generated by artificial intelligence reduces variety and poignant outliers. This harms viewers by training them to want and expect conformism…

Nov 12, 2025

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The Medici Method

Florence’s leading medieval family turned a banking career into political power and paradigm shifts in art and science. Their methods hold lessons for…

Nov 5, 2025

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Factory Farming is a Blight

The practices of industrialized animal farming are aesthetically and morally revolting. These practices can be phased out.

Nov 1, 2025

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October 2025

The Native Americans Before the Native Americans

New findings and genetic evidence suggest that people came to America more than 30,000 years ago, before the peak of the last ice age.

Oct 22, 2025

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