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July 11, 2017
Q&A with Joshua Cohen
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Get Thee to a City of Ladies
I'm thinking about creating a beguinage in Kansas City. Who's with me?
Right to Burn
Science fiction writer J.G. Ballard saw the Thatcherite future in his 1975 novel High-Rise.
Justin Trudeau and his Socks
Woke bae Justin Trudeau, who had been transcendent in his socks, hid away from his creature’s-feet.
Weekly Bafflements
July 07, 2017
What if democracy but too much?
Over at Current Affairs, Nathan J. Robinson tackles the pundit class’s surprisingly resilient idea that elitism is a good and defensible thing. Please remove your monocle before reading.
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The Ministry of Politainment
The throughline from Reagan to Trump is turning the citizenry into an audience of passive consumers.
Old-School Organizing in the Heartland
Sarah Jaffe interviews Jesse Myerson, an organizer with Hoosier Action and host of the podcast "From the Heartland."
The Secret Policeman at the Marathon
Corey Pein discusses the Spanish Civil War with writer and historian Adam Hochschild.
Battle of the Brands
The Trump-CNN feud has nothing to do with the conduct of journalism, and everything to do with brand positioning.
Bafflersplainer: Win the Future
Our democracy will achieve its final form when legislation is drafted by a solar-powered calculator wearing a turtleneck.
The Coronation of Macron
July 05, 2017
Anglophone centrist pundits' newfound Francophilia is a symptom of the epidemic of escapism ravaging the Third Way intellectual establishment.
Going Deeper Underground
It had never occurred to me that las chismosas (gossips, big mouths) would even enter discussions about left political organizing.