Yesterday I posted against aesthetic snobbery in general, but what about art that has noxious political and social effects, as opposed to merely offending one's sense of taste? The always.
This is the grave of Claude Shannon. Born in 1916 in Petoskey, Michigan, Shannon grew up in the nearby town of Gaylord. This was a solidly middle class family. His.
Speaking of recurring themes in the conservative movement, Trump and Gabbard have decided to go J. Edgar Hoover with a Trump scandal getting traction: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.
The thread we had this weekend on the Coldplay kiss-cam fiasco led predictably to a lot of jokes about how the real scandal was being caught at a Coldplay concert.
I own but haven't yet started Sam Tanehaus's generally well-regarded long-gestating biography of William F. Buckley. In the meantime, I can say that Brandy Jensen's review is an excellent and.
Time for another thinkpiece from Sam Moyn about how it's only sparkling authoritarianism: President Trump reposted a fake video showing former President Barack Obama being arrested in the Oval Office,.
This is a tweet from Lauren Boebert when she was running for Congress: Lauren Boebert I’m living the American dream. I came up from welfare, standing in line waiting for.
This is the grave of Adlai Stevenson. Ah, finally I get to explore a question I've wanted to have time to consider for a long time--why midcentury Democrats were so.
