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The Poverty of Theory

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Laboring Academia
July 20, 2017
Universities claim graduate teaching and research aren’t worthy of the designation of “work.” It’s high time graduate employees called their bluff.

Going Underground
June 21, 2017
I marveled at the fact that, in such a seemingly short amount of time, socialism had become a mainstream rallying cry in America once again.

The Gospel According to Mitch
May 16, 2017
“And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.”                        —Luke 16:15   It will surprise no one to hear that ...

Stupid, Brutal World
April 19, 2017
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.

Critique in the Age of Trump
March 21, 2017
The world has, in many ways, become exponentially weirder and more unpredictable in the age of Trump. And this core set of derangements demand more imaginative and radical modes of thinking. Nevertheless, the forces of resistance share a natural, troubling impulse to fall back ...

The Accidental Elitist
February 22, 2017
The left’s battles often involve conditioning popular discourse to unfamiliar material, while the right has been exceptionally good at “framing” popular discourse so that people will support things that are bad for them.