Alabama, Shaken
December 13, 2017
The old saying is that success has many fathers.
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Witch Kids of Instagram
To say that none of our new, digitally-enabled witchery “works” is missing the point—and misunderstanding the theater of magic.
Hypocrisy Rules
December 12, 2017
The freedom elites seek to reclaim is their own freedom from the rule of law, which is something which they have been trained as a class to feel above.
A Most Incompetent Spy
December 11, 2017
Gregory Allen Justice was seeking to take control of his life.
A Liberal Comity Show
Our leading political savants last week settled the sort of controversy that’s the NPR equivalent of an opioid rush—the proposition that “liberals hold the moral high ground.”
Making an Ice Queen
December 11, 2017
I, Tonya’s tabloid palette and pop orchestration reflect the fact that a story, once told, can never really be retold.
Fresh Hell
December 08, 2017
Hire an “ambiance and atmosphere model” for your office holiday party.
Attractive men and women—but mostly women—are being hired in droves to pretend they’re guests at Silicon Valley holiday parties. You know, to lend an air of fun! Totally casual, ...
The Silence of the Burbs
December 07, 2017
The burbs have inspired iconic horrors in the past, from shopping zombies to mechanized housewives, so why does suburban gothic in 2017 lack oomph?
White Knight Syndrome
FBI agents Dale Cooper and James Comey are throwbacks to an idyllic past. They should stay there.
K Street Taxpocalypse
December 04, 2017
Neglect founded on hypocrisy regarding the deficit implications of giant tax cuts is not new for the GOP.
Reading like a Bureaucrat
December 04, 2017
“Perhaps it is just as well that writers do not have political power,” wrote Steinbeck after receiving ideas from Faulkner.
Fresh Hell
December 01, 2017
This motherfucker’s name is CHAZ.
Novelist Emma Cline has a shitty ex-boyfriend who puts our shitty ex-boyfriends to shame. This shitty ex-boyfriend hired a shitty lawyer to do incredibly shitty things. Hopefully both the shitty ex and the shitty lawyer get ...