The spy’s the limit
No Time to Die reviewed
Will Lloyd
Monday
Monday
From Cool to Cringe: what’s happened to American culture?
What’s happened to American culture?
Tuesday
Donald Trump is a medieval king
He understands extravagant display and is unbothered by practical politics
Monday
No, antifa won’t destroy democracy
How the culture war created a tribe of Lee Harvey Oswalds
Saturday
The art of the presidency
What are the major artworks of the Trump years?
Thursday
Scrap presidential debates — but not this year
The debates simplify, dramatize and canalize all the confusions of politics in a colossal world power into verbal boxing matches.
Wednesday
Michael Anton and the stakes of 2020
‘All of the things that we need, all of the things that this country needs to get back on track, Trump is for and Biden is against’
Wednesday
Is your baby racist?
Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi reviewed
Wednesday
We are all Rachel Dolezal now
Here was somebody who truly acted as if race was a social construct, and the antiracist intellectuals were furious about it
Wednesday
A country for old men
How can we escape the American gerontocracy?
Sunday
Guerra goes to war
After the waiting, the barbarians arrive
Tuesday
Francis Fukuyama does not read your tweets
‘I think it makes us lazy thinking about removing a statue, rather than creating a social policy that will materially improve conditions for marginalized groups’
Wednesday
Silence isn’t violence
Why escapism is better than utopianism
Wednesday
Extra, extra — read all about us!
Journalism is dying of self-obsession
Friday
If only Kanye’s run were serious
The legendary rapper could run a successful campaign if he commits
Wednesday
You say you want a revolution?
History professors compare our present moment to 1917 Russia
Wednesday
The Oscars and the triumph of Social Justice Realism
Hollywood’s audiences don’t care about diversity in movies as much as people in Hollywood do
Sunday
Would Joe Biden defund the police?
It is worth giving abolitionists a hearing. It is also worth asking them questions, getting them to be specific and detailed about their stated goals
Wednesday
Trump’s hydroxychloroquine kick is a billionaire quirk
If you don’t understand, it’s because you’re not rich enough
Monday
Is it time to bring back Steve Bannon?
Trump does love a comeback
