The Gospel According to Paul
Paul Ryan's career was an exercise in fooling gullible Washington correspondents.
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Fresh Hell
April 13, 2018
The Good, the Bad, and the Fiscally Prudent
Who is Michael Cohen?
The Michael Cohen Way: dance around the edges of sketchiness.
The Fire This Time
April 12, 2018
There's some kind of conspiracy happening here, but do you know what it is, Mr. Jones?
Attorney-Tyrant Privilege
April 11, 2018
Anyone with eyes could see it coming: Trump has merged himself with the state.
Conflict Irresolution
April 11, 2018
The Battle of Algiers tells us something this world’s Glenn Greenwalds don’t want to hear: torture works.
The Lunatic Face of Fiction
April 10, 2018
On its fortieth anniversary: Joy Williams's “The Changeling” cracked the carapace of literary realism.
The New Witches of Salem
When wives of terrorists are put on trial, it is seldom a matter of real guilt or real danger.
Fresh Hell
April 06, 2018
Oil spills: they're good for the economy!
This Could Revolutionize That
April 05, 2018
Mindlessly in thrall to Silicon Valley, the media can't stop repeating the phrase "could revolutionize" in its headlines.
The Garbage Man
April 04, 2018
Meet Sidney Torres: New Orleans trash king, private police chief, reality TV star, and, possibly, the next Trump.
Lost in Boston
April 03, 2018
On the fiftieth anniversary of Astral Weeks: we're a long way from Boston's music scene in 1968.