Baffler Archives: Salvos

Columns

Afraid of the Dark

George Scialabba

July 01, 2019

Issue no. 46

These are dark times for the republic, all right-thinking persons agree. Unfortunately, most right-thinking persons don’t know the half of it. We’re understandably fixated on the fact that a vindictive, mean-spirited yahoo has a finger on the nuclear trigger and veto power ...

How to Win a Drug War

Steven D. Cohen

July 01, 2019

Issue no. 46

Eight months after the fact, it was decided that February 5, 2016, would mark the fifteenth anniversary of Plan Colombia, the $10 billion counternarcotics assistance package. Two 737s worth of government ministers, generals, media executives, and illustrious hangers-on ...

Teenage Pricks

Alex Pareene

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

Teens, while quite good at figuring out ways to hurt people, are less skilled at plausible deniability.

Empire’s Children

Tom Carson

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

The Clearasil staining Mark Twain’s hands can never be wholly scrubbed away.

In the Era of Teen$ploitation

Liz Pelly

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

The efficiency with which the faux-empowerment, build-your-brand-by-being-you ethic has targeted teen girls is dispiriting.

The Magic Kingdom

Sarah Marshall

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

There are no workers at Disney World. Everyone is a cast member, and they are all so happy to be here.

Mother Courage

Rod Davis

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

The extraordinary story of Gesine and Marie—intense, tragic, playful, painful, healing—is one of three full-blown narratives.

Lost in the Fatherland

Frank Guan

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

There was nothing preventing Dostoevsky from failing at his art in the same way that we all can.

Class Warfare

Owen Davis

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

How much would you pay for a chance at the Ivy League?

The Protest Club

Britta Lokting

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

As more teens get involved, the space becomes saturated and teen activism becomes less extraordinary.

Enter the Supersensorium

Erik Hoel

May 04, 2019

Issue no. 45

Science has revealed how fragile, corruptible, and paradoxical humans are.

A Mess on the Sidewalk

John Lorinc

March 04, 2019

Issue no. 44

Inside the great digital mis-engineering of the Toronto waterfront