Author: Niela Orr

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Mariah Carey Has a Cold

Niela Orr

January 02, 2018

Year after year, and perhaps forever, Mariah Carey is the national symbol for our New Year's resolutions.

Slim Returns

Stephen Kearse

January 02, 2018

Given its emphasis on revenge, any real differences between Eminem’s music and a CNN-bashing Trump tweet are razor-thin.

Baffling, Baffling, Baffled

The Baffler

December 29, 2017

“It won’t hurt much longer,” promises Javier Bardem’s character in the 2017 movie Mother! With this utter trainwreck of a year careening to a close, we guess you could say the same of 2017, although who knows what we have to look forward to as the second year of the ...

A Show Trial that No One Watched

Maximillian Alvarez

December 21, 2017

Today, a jury in the Washington, D.C. Superior Court rendered a verdict of not guilty on all counts for the first six defendants in the J20 trials.

Never Get off the Boat

Brendan C. Byrne

December 20, 2017

Even if seasteading isn’t just a floating pyramid scheme, it has tied itself to a dangerous political aim.

Friends in Stupid Places

Amber A’Lee Frost

December 19, 2017

The truth is that most capitalists are capable of disagreeing with their friends without flying off the handle.

The Carpetbaggers of Tech

Julianne Tveten

December 19, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Steve Chase, and J.D. Vance launch tech's takeover of the heartland.

She’s Gotta Have What?

Niela Orr

December 18, 2017

Two new shows, "SMILF" and "She's Gotta Have It," examine the insatiable drives of women to powerful effect.

The Forgotten Man

John Ganz

December 15, 2017

The racist libertarian "philosophy" of Murray Rothbard now holds sway over the alt-right, two decades after his death.

Alabama, Shaken

Max B. Sawicky

December 13, 2017

The old saying is that success has many fathers.

Witch Kids of Instagram

Laurie Penny

December 13, 2017

To say that none of our new, digitally-enabled witchery “works” is missing the point—and misunderstanding the theater of magic.

Hypocrisy Rules

Frankie Boyle

December 12, 2017

The freedom elites seek to reclaim is their own freedom from the rule of law, which is something which they have been trained as a class to feel above.