More Smarter
March 18, 2019
Christopher Langan has been called the "smartest man in America." Really, he's Alex Jones with a thesaurus.
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Fresh Hell
March 15, 2019
Greetings from the Colony of Hell!
The Amazon Drama
March 15, 2019
The Amazon HQ2 story is a microcosm of twenty-first century capitalism and a parable about the changing nature of left politics.
Unlikely Journeys
March 14, 2019
Reading great literature makes us beautiful and wise, sure, but reading campaign memoirs makes us informed citizens.
A for Effort
March 13, 2019
Why the latest college admissions exposé will only make things worse.
In the Kingdom of Mitch
What comes after McConnellism?
Spoiler Alert!
March 11, 2019
As readers will be stunned to discover, one billionaire can distort free market processes pretty easily.
Fresh Hell
March 08, 2019
La Croix Me a River
Close Encounters of the Digital Kind
March 08, 2019
When Silicon Valley usurps the transcendent potential of extraterrestrial life
Got to Be Real
March 07, 2019
The dark side of the art world's authenticity fetish.
American Scapegoat
March 05, 2019
The furor over Ilhan Omar's remarks is not about anti-Semitism.
The Beautiful Game’s Ugly Speculators
March 04, 2019
There is no ethical soccer under capitalism.