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Mr. Difficult Jr.

Sho Spaeth

November 14, 2018

The new "William Gass Reader" celebrates the great essayist and philosopher—but it's Gass's fictions that will stand the test of time.

Fanatical Moderate

Nathan Goldman

November 13, 2018

In Dear Zealots, Amos Oz is unwavering in his commitment to a Jewish nationalism as simple and brutal as any other.

The Business He’s Chosen

Ben Schwartz

November 13, 2018

Tucker Carlson shed his bow-tie, and the kind of deferential comportment it symbolized, years ago.

Myopia Rules

Chris Lehmann

November 12, 2018

The Blessed and the Brightest

Even when Democrats win, centrist pundits advise them to concede ground.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

November 09, 2018

Golden Girls, Golden Arches

Vigo Shrugged

Rafia Zakaria

November 09, 2018

Alienated

Indiana Democrat Joe Donnelly ran a textbook centrist campaign. And lost.

If It Looks Like a Duck

Yohann Koshy

November 09, 2018

How to read How to Read Donald Duck in 2018.

The Price is Wrong

Angella d’Avignon

November 07, 2018

Without incisive critique or explosive insider information, the spectacle of The Price of Everything wears thin.

Our One-Weird-Trick Military

Scott Beauchamp

November 06, 2018

The American military has blocked out our nation’s ability to solve problems without the help of the Pentagon.

The Florida Man Can’t

Nathan Taylor Pemberton

November 05, 2018

The Florida of the abstract joke is a worthy cipher for America’s signature blend of incompetent savagery.

Trafficking in Lies

Juno Mac,  Molly Smith

November 05, 2018

Viewing trafficking as conceptually akin to kidnap allows us to sidestep broader questions of safe migration.

Beto at the Border

Michelle García

November 02, 2018

Latinos work to wrest the right's political weapon of choice—the U.S.-Mexico border itself.