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The Complacent Intellectual Class

David V. Johnson

September 04, 2017

Judging by Tyler Cowen’s latest book, our nation continues to vegetate in the pretend-thinking of #AspenIdeas pseudo-academia.

Weekly Bafflements

The Baffler

September 01, 2017

“I’m Sick Of Busting My Ass Doing Neo-Nazi Stuff Only To Have Some Masked Antifa Dweebs Get Credit As The Real Fascists.” A lot of very dumb and/or cynical people wrote about Antifa this week but the only piece worth your time is this one, from Clickhole.   “Pay me ...

LittleSis is Watching the One Percent

Sarah Jaffe

September 01, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

The Dog Delusion

G’Ra Asim

September 01, 2017

I just wonder if there’s something dangerous about championing a dependent, hierarchical relationship as an ideal realization of love or friendship.

Who’s Afraid of the Russian Soul?

Hannah Gais

August 31, 2017

This American Carnage

To speak of the character or “soul” of an entire country—one that spans two continents—is to give up on understanding out of preference for feelings.

Whitewash

Chris Lehmann

August 31, 2017

The Jaundiced Eyeball

Like a recumbent sloth jolted into a panicked flight response, David Brooks has belatedly noticed the rancid politics of right-wing racial confrontation.

Camping Trip

Corey Pein

August 30, 2017

News from Nowhere

Corey Pein talks with Andrea Pitzer about concentration camps.

Finger-Lickin’ Lulz

Katherine Cross

August 30, 2017

KFC’s creepy virtual-reality publicity stunt is but a hint of things to come in the exciting world of late capitalism’s cyberpunk dystopia.

The Pizzagate Polity

Melissa Gira Grant

August 29, 2017

When Trump talks tough on sex trafficking, Pizzagate conspiracy theorists hear him singing their song.

Mattress Mack Will Save You

Micah Fields

August 28, 2017

I must admit I am a tad ticked that it has taken destructive winds and inundation to land my city on the minds of the cultured.

The Destructive Character

Niela Orr

August 28, 2017

Bread and Circuses

So long as straight white men rule culture and politics, the dangerous oddball white guy will linger in media.

Weekly Bafflements

The Baffler

August 25, 2017

“The do-nothing option is pretty gruesome.” As a hurricane heads toward Texas, take a minute to read this 2016 piece from the New York Times which outlines the potential devastation of just such a scenario.   Seriously though, everyone knew this was coming. The Texas ...