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The Baffler

April 21, 2017

• Today in tech: Elon Musk engages in some “consensual telepathy.” • The Juicegate saga continues. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the story of the century, the company that produces a $400 juicer called Juicero has been taking some flack ...

The Sound and the “Furious”

Niela Orr

April 21, 2017

Bread and Circuses

In the land of the Fast, it never pays to focus on the details.

No Time for a Negative Peace

Michael Brooks,  David Slavick

April 20, 2017

The failures of the South African opposition teach us that institutional centrism can never beat back the far right.

Burn It Down

Corey Pein

April 20, 2017

News from Nowhere

Episode 9: Corey Pein discusses Planet Earth II and talks to Adrian Bonenberger about his essay on arming the left.

Stupid, Brutal World

Maximillian Alvarez

April 19, 2017

The Poverty of Theory

Brian Williams is a moron. Let’s just acknowledge that from the start. But let’s also acknowledge that he’s not, by any means, a historically unique moron.

A New Agenda in Jackson, Mississippi

Sarah Jaffe

April 18, 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 ...

Daily Bafflements

The Baffler

April 17, 2017

• Bafflerites in D.C.! Come and join Barbara Ehrenreich, Rafia Zakaria, Dean Baker, and Hussein Ibish for a Tax Day appraisal of the Age of Trump so far. It’s free, and there will be drinks. • Since Rep. Steve King is tweeting his endorsement of Hungary’s far-right ...

Paul Ryan, Überwonk

Emmett Rensin

April 17, 2017

Or, put it this way: Paul Ryan went out onto the tightrope. The crowd, so long adoring their golden child, cheered. But a jester got the best of Ryan.

Dilbert’s Revenge

Hannah Gais

April 14, 2017

This American Carnage

The gospel of Scott Adams is one of mediocrity untroubled by humility, which means that now is the perfect time for him to make a comeback; the dangling toes of the zeitgeist are once again within his grasp. We’ve heard more about him lately than we have since CD-ROMs. Adams ...

Daily Bafflements

The Baffler

April 14, 2017

In case you thought our august republic was the only thing currently being ruined by Neo-Nazis, there’s also . . . this furry convention.

On the Front Lines in Charlotte

Sarah Jaffe

April 13, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

We mobilized a lot more folks and we were able to introduce people to the possibilities of direct action . . .

That Peggy Noonan Feeling

Chris Lehmann

April 13, 2017

The Jaundiced Eyeball

As a thinker, Noonan is a curious mashup of the Red Queen and the White Rabbit.