Archive - James Is Writing

An ode to Los Espookys

RIP to the most singular TV show in years

Dec 16, 2022 •

The bigger picture on remote workers in Mexico City

Who can cross borders and who cannot

Dec 9, 2022 •

November 2020

Mexico’s (narco) general comes home

Make what you will of this collection of facts

Nov 20, 2020 •

My grocery store has become a minefield

It's not because of COVID

Nov 13, 2020 •

Trying to focus on anything else

Some things you could do instead

Nov 6, 2020 •

October 2020

An unlikely COVID-19 success story in Mexico

A refugee camp on the U.S.-Mexico border hasn't had a single COVID-19 death

Oct 27, 2020 •

My Normal Homeland

How living abroad is useful for thinking about home

Oct 23, 2020 •

Mini: "Mexico is Paying for the Wall" is No Joke

Mexico didn't have to give cash to support Trump's border wall

Oct 19, 2020 •

The U.S. and Mexico have had two of the worst coronavirus responses. At least we don’t have to fight a mask culture war in Mexico.

Oct 16, 2020 •

Curiosities in Mexico, the US, immigration, and whatever else is going on

Welcome to James Is Writing by me, James Fredrick.

Oct 15, 2020 •

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