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Columns

The Miseducation of Lady Bird

Lauren Oyler

November 15, 2017

Greta Gerwig's much-praised "Lady Bird" puts us all in a teenage wasteland.

Signs and Blunders

Judy Berman

November 08, 2017

Martin McDonagh's "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" finds moral complexity where it needed moral certitude.

Maneka’s Punk Pulpit

G’Ra Asim

November 02, 2017

Devin McKnight's new project asks if a racial slur can ever be weaponized to redistributive ends.

Juggalos, Nevertheless Persisting

Hannah Gais

October 26, 2017

It’s easy to see how the far-left became enamored with juggalos.

The Never-ending Story

Anne Elizabeth Moore

October 25, 2017

There are very few individuals who can be held accountable for crafting what we call “rape culture,” but Harvey Weinstein is one such person.

Tom Hanks: Typewriter Fetishist

J.W. McCormack

October 18, 2017

The impregnable constellation we call “Tom Hanks" has gifted us with a collection of typewriter-fetish fiction.

Offense Lords

Tom Whyman

October 11, 2017

The clowns are not only fundamental to our social institutions; they're literally in charge of them.

President Lisa Simpson

Tom Whyman

October 04, 2017

Lover of austerity economics, mouthpiece of an educated elite. Behold the future: President Lisa Simpson.

The Past Is a Foreign Agent

J.W. McCormack

September 19, 2017

The maestro of spy fiction mourns our geopolitical malaise.

Tears of a Crazy Clown

Judy Berman

September 12, 2017

Is “Twin Peaks: The Return” a masterpiece of thwarted nostalgia or a sentimental joyride?

Verrit Choly and the Infinite Sadness

David V. Johnson

September 11, 2017

Peter Daou and fellow #StillWithHer Hillary supporters suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome, and they are far from alone.

The Complacent Intellectual Class

David V. Johnson

September 04, 2017

Judging by Tyler Cowen’s latest book, our nation continues to vegetate in the pretend-thinking of #AspenIdeas pseudo-academia.