James Santel

James Santel served as a speechwriter in the Department of Justice from 2015 to 2017. His essay “Kodachrome Eden” appeared in the Spring 2013 issue of the Scholar.

Orator-in-Chief

President Obama’s public remarks revealed his unshakable faith in the unity of the American people

By James Santel | Friday April 28, 2017

Jonathan Franzen’s How to Be Alone

The shock of recognition

By James Santel | Monday May 11, 2015

Kodachrome Eden

With purple prose and oversaturated images, National Geographic reimagined postwar America as a dreamspace of hope and fascination

By James Santel | Friday March 1, 2013

Orator-in-Chief

By James Santel | Friday April 28, 2017

Kodachrome Eden

By James Santel | Friday March 1, 2013

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