Alex Pareene

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Alex Pareene is a writer and the co-host of The Politics of Everything

Articles By Alex Pareene

In the Blue Doghouse

Alex Pareene

Half of the Democrats get-'er-done bloc quits over a naming dispute.

Jan 30, 2023 4:19PM EST

Feb. 10, 2009 “The President meets with the Democratic Blue Dog coalition in the State Dining Room. I had noticed the glasses of cranberry and orange juice sitting on a table in the doorway of the Red Room, so I backtracked to compose this picture from inside the Red Room.” (Official White House photo by Pete Souza)

America Will Never Put Its Teen Curfews to Bed

Alex Pareene

While youth curfews aren’t quite unheard of in the rest of the globe, we might lead the developed world in their ubiquity, punitiveness, and popularity.

Jan 13, 2023 12:48PM EST

I Forgot Entertainment Weekly Stopped Running This Year

Alex Pareene

The decline of print and the supposed end of the non-franchise blockbuster

Dec 31, 2022 9:15AM EST

The Secret Service Is Not-So-Secretly Disloyal

Alex Pareene

Joe Biden is merely the biggest American politician to have a cop problem.

Dec 31, 2022 9:01AM EST

Shallow depth of field (selective focus) image with the coiled tube earpiece a Protection and Guard Service (SPP, Romanian version of the US Secret Service) officer is wearing during a public visit of a dignitary.

Oh, Angelo!

Alex Pareene

Farewell to an Unsettling Musical Genius

Dec 16, 2022 12:12PM EST

Angelo Badalamenti's face superimposed over the iconic "Red Room" floor from TWIN PEAKS

NEWS ANALYSIS: Who Can Be Blamed for Not Blowing the Midterms?

Alex Pareene

Democrats' recrimination plans go up in smoke

Nov 9, 2022 1:12PM EST

Antique film frame images of a man in a topcoat and stovepipe hat attempting to grab a donkey and failing, ending up in a seated position on the ground as the donkey escapes