Land Without Bread
Farmland protection must be central to any version of a Green New Deal.
From the Archives
Columns
Herd Immunity
Whither the social contract?
We Broke the World
Our world is a graveyard, and we Homo sapiens are the blight that has made it so.
Exterminating Angels
The American myth of the progressive prosecutor.
Dinner with a War Criminal
June 2019
Revisiting Henry Kissinger’s murderous legacy in the era of Trump.
The Magic Kingdom
There are no workers at Disney World. Everyone is a cast member, and they are all so happy to be here.
Class Warfare
How much would you pay for a chance at the Ivy League?
In the Kingdom of Mitch
March 2019
What comes after McConnellism?
Who, the People?
Who counts as the people, and how can that definition be revised and updated in shifting historical circumstances?
Nothing Before Us
Assurances of progress alternate with threats of catastrophe; promises of improvement are answered by warnings of decline.
404 Page Not Found
The artifacts of internet life are personal—that is, not professionally or historically notable—and therefore worthless.
American Ghostwriter
This was glorified ventriloquism, in which the Author called upon the American Ghostwriter to play the dummy.