The Art of War
So many American writers and artists are critical of Trump but not of the American state, or even of America itself.
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What Gorsuch Means
April 05, 2017
If the public demands that the Supreme Court serves democracy instead of concentrated financial power, it will do so.
The Real World: Trump Edition
Reality is just a marketing ploy in a world where we accept that everything is already drenched in artifice.
Defending Reproductive Rights in Texas
We have Vice President Mike Pence, who will not be in a room with a woman who is not his wife . . .
Expats After the Coup
April 04, 2017
It was to be a revolution with unfettered freedoms, and, as Allende liked to say, lots of “empanadas y vino tinto.”
High Nunes
April 04, 2017
Official oversight commissions tend to perform all of the trappings of democratic accountability while rarely resulting in lasting reform.
Shell Shock
April 03, 2017
Ghost in the Shell disassembles everything interesting about the series and rearranges the parts in the dumbest, most disorienting configuration.
The Superhero Surge
April 03, 2017
The Iron Fist is not fighting some fictional ancient order, but hammering through the contradictions of capitalism.
The Capsizing of Damien Hirst
April 03, 2017
Once reportedly the richest artist in the world, Hirst’s market value and reputation have sunk.
Meet the New Drone, Same as the Old Drone
March 31, 2017
The horror of Trump’s foreign policy won’t be as immediately obvious to Americans as his domestic failures. And yet any successful resistance to his administration will necessarily have to address it alongside all the other more proximate grievances. The only viable defense ...
Spring Cleaning with Hemingway
March 30, 2017
More and more I’ve become fascinated with collectors and collections . . . and the shadowy, idiosyncratic zones between collecting and clutter, even hoarding, where the fondness for objects becomes (so often) unruly.
Donald Trump Is Trying to Destroy the Planet
The way to the push the administration is from the bottom up. In other words, to build a bulwark of political will in cities and states, a bulwark of resistance so that regardless of what the federal government does, states are invested in building a clean energy future. That is ...