Lost in the Fatherland
There was nothing preventing Dostoevsky from failing at his art in the same way that we all can.
Baffler Archives: Salvos
Columns
Class Warfare
How much would you pay for a chance at the Ivy League?
The Protest Club
As more teens get involved, the space becomes saturated and teen activism becomes less extraordinary.
Enter the Supersensorium
Science has revealed how fragile, corruptible, and paradoxical humans are.
A Mess on the Sidewalk
Inside the great digital mis-engineering of the Toronto waterfront
Orphans of Dickens
The social novel at the end of society
An American Tale
How Cold War officialdom made the world safe for propaganda
I Saw Satan
Breaking away from a Boomer Christian cult
A Different Class
Behind the policing of culturalized class authenticity is a deep and worsening contradiction at the heart of Anglo-American politics on the right.
The Century of Spin
Edward Bernays spun the much-maligned practice of propaganda into modern, softer-sounding public relations.
Beggar’s Opera
One side effect of a career as a do-gooding headset jockey is that it will probably make you really, really hate liberals.
Critique of Pure Niceness
Philosophers have been keen to set themselves up as defenders of civility.