Sure, cancel student debt. Then cancel college
Higher education has been massively devalued over the past decade
Ben Sixsmith
Wednesday
Thursday
The case for locking Joe Biden in a cupboard
Attention campaign staffers
Monday
Is Desmond amazing?
What kind of influences are child drag queens being exposed to?
Tuesday
Why pro wrestling is great Americana
We are fascinated with the conflict between ‘kayfabe’ and real life
Monday
Why do terrorists attack houses of worship?
Faith, unlike bodies and buildings, cannot be destroyed
Saturday
Keep the modernists away from the Notre-Dame restoration
Reconstructions should aim to recreate and not transform the earlier style
Wednesday
Being ‘Not-Trump’ is not enough
In 2020, Democrats have to offer something more
Monday
Could Tom Wolfe have invented the Jussie Smollett story?
The Smollett story is so perfectly Wolfeian I wouldn’t be all that surprised if somebody told me it was his last unfinished book
Friday
How to be a right-wing performance artist
Jacob Wohl, Laura Loomer and Ali Alexander are the true heirs to Andy Kauffman
Friday
The techlash has well and truly begun
There is growing resentment towards Amazon, Facebook, Google, and the power of technology
Monday
The wrong Turning Point
The Charlie Kirk outfit’s expansion into Britain doesn’t seem a very good idea
Tuesday
Why has comedy got so much worse in the Trump era?
Comics should stop trying to be activists, and commentators, and philosophers
Sunday
How Republicans could make Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez president
Like President Trump, her critics make her stronger
Sunday
What’s wrong with Lena Dunham?
Let’s stop the orgy of hate towards a clearly damaged young woman
Friday
The strange tale of Travis Pangburn and the ‘IDW’
The mysterious rise and fall of ‘Pangburn Philosophy’ says a lot about how the Intellectual Dark Web works. And how it doesn’t
Saturday
Chapo Trap House’s revolution fizzles
The Chapo Guide to Revolution: A Manifesto Against Logic, Facts, and Reason by Chapo Trap House reviewed
Tuesday
The yin of Andrew Yang
The unlikely 2020 challenger is a proponent of universal basic income — and all the problems that come with it
Saturday
The curious case of Ron Unz
The former publisher of The American Conservative is a case study in contrarianism gone haywire
