Archive - Pretium Insights

Beaux-Arts to Bauhaus (and Beyond)

A architectural overview of the last century, thru the lens of my Alma Mater.

Apr 9 • JD Breen

Where to find it.

Apr 5 • JD Breen

A Brief History of the 21st Century: Part IV

Given recency of events in this essay, I'm reluctant to conclude the series I started last Fall. But to what'll doubtless be my retrospective regret, I…

Apr 3 • JD Breen

March 2026

Pointers from a Pencil

The cause of our problems.

Mar 29 • JD Breen

Atlantic Georgia

Fixing a problem by making it worse.

Mar 24 • JD Breen

Trimming the Sails

What's on the horizon, and how to prepare.

Mar 22 • JD Breen

Fearing Deployment

Bracing for our son to be shipped overseas.

Mar 19 • JD Breen

Ominous Weekend

From Friday the 13th to the Ides of March

Mar 14 • JD Breen

A Matter of Time

Each Spring, an hour is stolen. The last few years, we've been threatened with not getting it back. How'd we get here, and where are we going? When we…

Mar 8 • JD Breen

Four Weeks to Slow the Spread

The foibles and fiascos of an unnecessary war.

Mar 4 • JD Breen

Grandiose Nonsense

The quality of a decision isn’t a function of its outcome. Inordinate risks aren’t worth taking… even when they work out.

Mar 1 • JD Breen

February 2026

Feb 23 • JD Breen

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