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Can Liberals Give Peace a Chance?

Max B. Sawicky

June 18, 2018

There is no threat to the U.S. for the simple reason that all parties understand that any use of nuclear weapons would invite total destruction. Deterrence is a given.

History Won’t Save You

Jacob Silverman

June 15, 2018

For most of Trump's cabinet there will be book deals, not prosecutions

Epic Systems v. The Workforce

Jennie Rose Halperin

June 15, 2018

A major false assumption of the conservative majority posits that workers have the choice to walk away from employment contracts, as if workers are presented with a cornucopia of options.

The Calm Before the Crash

Whitney Curry Wimbish

June 14, 2018

Financial news depicts Wall Street from the Wall Street perspective. And it depicts us as Wall Street sees us.

Let’s Do It, Pruitt!

Josh Fruhlinger

June 14, 2018

Trump Trading Cards

Before you come to the conclusion that Scott Pruitt is some sort of sue-happy maniac, just think about all the prosecutions and lawsuits that he decided not to launch.

Carbon Ironies

Wen Stephenson

June 13, 2018

William T. Vollmann on the fate of the Earth. It's not pretty.

The Superstition of Progress

Gene Seymour

June 13, 2018

It arouses my nostalgia for a past that never existed; one that might have broadened our perspective on where we are in the cosmos.

Blood Will Out

Rachel Riederer

June 12, 2018

Anyone who actually makes things knows: there’s a gap between the imaginary and the real.

Nanny State of Mind

Jessa Crispin

June 12, 2018

It is as if Slimani worries the reader’s sympathies might accidentally lie with the murderous nanny.

Cardinal Cons

Chris Lehmann

June 11, 2018

The Blessed and the Brightest

Get out your crying towels, readers, because Niall Ferguson is leading a real conservative wail-fest.

The Loud American

David Klion

June 11, 2018

He’s not a spook; he’s a dupe, and over decades of in-person interactions with the most powerful figures in both Russia and the U.S., he never seems to figure this out.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

June 08, 2018

The Pizza Party at the Threshold of Hell