The only plausible explanation for his descent into racism and absurdity is that he plans to run for president.
Music
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Who Said Musicals Are for Kids?
Stephen Sondheim and the adult-ification of the American musical theater
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Media’s Role in Biden’s Popularity Decline
Surprise: Mainstream media outlets insist they’re not to blame. But how much coverage have they given to Biden’s economic policies?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Astroworld Tragedy Is a Story of Corporate Power
Live Nation is the dominant event promoter in the United States, with a dangerous record on public safety. These two things are connected.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Altercation: ‘Both Sides’ Journalism Versus the Truth on Climate Change
Why our leading newspapers still entertain dangerous nonsense on their opinion pages
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: What Takes the Place of Local News Ain’t News
Right-wing propaganda that looks like local papers is flooding America’s towns.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Authoritarians Amok
Explaining Trumpism, with some help from Chad Goldberg and Herbert Marcuse
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: Even a Failed War Can Make You Lots of Money
If you’re an enterprising ex-general
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Media Always Sees Democrats in Disarray
And they always see wars as worth fighting.
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Ghost That Stalks the American Jewish Establishment
On the unacknowledged legacy of violent Jewish nationalist Meir Kahane
