POLITICS

What ‘Woke’ Means, As Explained by Hugh Grant and Ashley Graham

• Maria Bustillos

Two scandals explain it all

Published on Mar 15, 2023 2:00PM EDT

Syllabiology: Writing and Reading Fiction

• Brian Morton

I believe that you can be a friend of art or a friend of censorship; you can’t be both. 

Published on Feb 8, 2023 7:00AM EST

Who Will Lead the Republican Majority?

• Tom Scocca

Trumps all the way down.

Published on Dec 14, 2022 5:17PM EST

Elections, Revolt, History and Helplessness

• Brian Hioe

It was rather jarring to realize that all this had been going on in China while I had been hyper-focused on the Taiwanese elections

Published on Nov 28, 2022 9:15PM EST

That’s Right: Ron DeSantis Is a Backup Quarterback

• Tom Scocca

The press loves the guy with the clipboard

Published on Nov 15, 2022 2:15PM EST

What Was Blake Masters Aiming At?

• Tom Scocca

Made in Germany

Published on Nov 14, 2022 3:53PM EST

Meet the New Wolf, Giorgia Meloni

• Mattia Salvia

the center-left who cried wolf

Published on Sep 27, 2022 6:00AM EDT

When You Wear a Tiger Suit to Try and Win Votes and It Still Doesn’t Work

• Brian Hioe

the humiliating theatrics of campaigning

Published on Jan 18, 2022 6:00AM EST

The Paranoid Style in American Posting

• James Stout

on the neighborhood watchers of Nextdoor

Published on Nov 15, 2021 12:00PM EST