Jeremy Gerard
Cognoscenti contributor
Jeremy Gerard is a widely published critic and reporter on culture, politics and human-rights issues. He has been a staff writer at Bloomberg News, New York magazine and the New York Times.
Recently published
Do selfies celebrate our individual selves — or remind us of our own insignificance?
Seeing a photograph of early-pregnancy matter got Jeremy Gerard thinking about the directives of a 19th century Jewish fable he learned as a kid: “I am a speck of dust"...
Stephen Sondheim's art wasn't easy. It wasn't meant to be
One essential clue to the genius who was Stephen Sondheim, is that he never did anything twice, writes Jeremy Gerard. It was the ambivalence in that truism -- fearlessness, urged...
America Doesn't Work, And Hasn't For A Long Time
American exceptionalism has always been central to our collective identity, writes Jeremy Gerard. And now it is dead.
'We Are Not The Enemy Of The People': Cog Contributors Respond To Attacks On The Press
In a show of solidarity, news organizations across the U.S. -- including this one -- have come together to stand up against anti-media rhetoric.