Politics

Columns

Having it Both Ways

David Neiwert

October 30, 2018

Both sides don’t do it—not when it comes to political violence in America.

Bolsonaro Rising

Alex Hochuli

October 29, 2018

Brazil, the world’s fourth-largest democracy has elected a neofascist as president.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

October 26, 2018

Exactly What You’d Expect If you guessed the person responsible for sending homemade explosive devices to the Obamas, the Clintons, George Soros, Robert De Niro, and CNN would drive a white van tricked out on every surface with unhinged InfoWars-inspired bumper stickers, then ...

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

October 19, 2018

Peaky Blinders Corporate drones interested in shielding yourselves from all distraction not directly related to the accumulation of profit, rejoice! Wear Space, a new prototype from Panasonic, will free the next generation of peons from pesky diversions like “anything other ...

Boys to Men

Brendan O’Connor

October 16, 2018

Gavin McInnes's proto-fascist Proud Boys have become a militant wing of the Republican Party.

The Banality of Good

Aaron Timms

October 15, 2018

Michael Lewis's The Fifth Risk is a political book with nothing interesting to say about politics.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

October 12, 2018

Off-season panic in the Hamptons

No Joke

Jarek Ervin

October 10, 2018

After Sokal Squared, we who reside in the university might want to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

Echoes of 1968

Rod Davis

October 09, 2018

Reading history is one way to find clarity in the present political hell.

Tokens of Appreciation

Soraya Roberts

October 08, 2018

When protest masquerades as art? The result is Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette.

Fresh Hell

The Baffler

October 05, 2018

The IRS hates me because of this one simple trick!

Afternoon at the Nap Factory

Sophie Haigney

October 05, 2018

It turns out that sleep is a highly marketable product.