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End of Rand

Richard A. Greenwald

June 11, 2019

Have we witnessed the last gasp of “objectivist” piety?

The Corporate Logo Singularity

Rachel Hawley

June 07, 2019

The childlike nature of corporate branding isn’t a random trend, but part of the mindset that consumers ought to be treated like children.

Progressive Posturing

Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein

June 06, 2019

Bill de Blasio’s failures on affordable housing are a parable and a warning.

San Francisco, Please Stand Up

Sophie Haigney

June 05, 2019

Everyone is obsessed with San Francisco right now. It has become a symbol, a cliché, a fable about money and technology. The moral is different depending on who you ask. A sampling of headlines from the last month in local and national news: “How San Francisco broke ...

American Sports and the Forever War

Ross Barkan

June 04, 2019

When the military is brought to the ball field season after season, the subtext is the eternal war, and its justification.

Unpopular Content

Oscar Schwartz

May 31, 2019

Default Filename TV wants to make YouTube weird again.

Cookshops of the Future

Yohann Koshy

May 30, 2019

It's time for the left to start thinking in the future tense. But is Fully Automated Luxury Communism the answer?

Oh Spotify Up Yours!

Zachariah Webb

May 28, 2019

Zach Webb and Liz Pelly speak to Blood Club's Liana Hell Lean about Spotify and music community outside of the internet.

Choosing Battles

Amber A’Lee Frost

May 24, 2019

In a March 29 article in The Cut, politician and former Our Revolution board member Lucy Flores alleges that during her Nevada Lieutenant Governor campaign, Joe Biden put his hands on the back of her shoulders, smelled her hair, and kissed the top of her head. Former Connecticut ...

The Uber Presidency

Ross Barkan

May 16, 2019

As Trump is the apotheosis of rank materialism and revanchist nationalism in the political arena, Uber is Silicon Valley’s greatest and most absurd offering to the American public.

Contra Vance

Rachel Bryan

May 15, 2019

Hillbillies in mainstream books and films fill a market need for scapegoats.

Defeating the Voters

Dave Denison

May 14, 2019

On the state level, legislative power brokers are often at war against the plainly expressed will of the voters themselves.