End of empire
The era of US dominion has now passed
Paywall
Monday
Revolution then: The Patriot stands alone
Gibson achieves peace of mind by dismembering a redcoat with a hatchet
Sunday
Is this the end of history?
George Floyd was a pretext, not a cause. The cause was destruction of our civilization
Saturday
No smokes without buyer
Hunting cigarettes up I-95
Thursday
Bright lights, abandoned city
Americans are no longer moving to their shining cultural capital
Wednesday
No justice, no peace
What’s really happening in America is a crisis of authority, from the White House down to your local police precinct
Tuesday
The rioters and the rentiers
Post-industrial cities aren’t working
Can COVID-19 tell whether a protest is progressive?
Clearly the virus targets especially working-class and middle-class workplaces and industries…
Monday
The new inequality
We’re experiencing an unhealthy overcorrection in racial politics
Sunday
Self-righteous vandals
The attempt to prettify history is ugly
Louis C.K. pulls it off
Funny is money
Saturday
Something woke this way comes
Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World by Tara Isabella Burton reviewed
Tori rebel
Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Courage and Change by Tori Amos reviewed
Monday
I hate the Nineties
The Nineties began in hope but ended in disaster
Strawberry yields forever
The ultimate summer fruit, if you can afford it
Sunday
Professing virtues
Not since the late 19th century in Germany have the Herr Professor Doktors been held in such high esteem
Arise, the cupcake
It’s the Taylor Swift of snacks
Saturday
Feed it to the Marines
There’s no taste like home
Neocons come home to roost
Reagan was tarred as an extremist in much the same terms as Trump. Yet the neocons supported him
Wednesday
Count my blessings
Meeting the inimitable Basie
