Scandal

Free Kim Dotcom!

Have you noticed a strange undertone of snark on 60 Minutes every time they feature...


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Human Rights

Democracy v. Diversity

Democracy v. Diversity

If the Arab Spring is good for democracy, then it has to be good for diversity, right?...

Gossip

Superstardumb

Superstardumb

Last year was a banner year for Los Angeles divorce attorneys. The most high-profile...

Lit Crit

The Neocons’ Intellectual Codpiece

The Neocons’ Intellectual Codpiece

My first exposure to Straussian ideas was in college via a photocopy handout of...

PC World

Girl Scout Kooky

Girl Scout Kooky

At my first and last Brownie meeting, I hid in the community-center bathroom for two...

2012 Election

Mitt vs. Newt: the Gloves Come Off

Mitt vs. Newt: the Gloves Come Off

Newt Gingrich’s surge to success in South Carolina has surely brought joy to the Obama...

Moolah

A Human Centipede of Envy

A Human Centipede of Envy

No one ever enjoys having memes belched in their face, but Lord above please toss me...

Economy

They Also Serve

They Also Serve

The Occupy movement brags that the parks it seized once hosted Depression-era...

Pop Music

Made in Germany, Stayed in Germany

Made in Germany, Stayed in Germany

Rammstein’s “Mein Land” is the single from their recently released greatest-hits...

Home Front

Stacking up Debt (and Bodies) in Illinois

Stacking up Debt (and Bodies) in Illinois

When G8 leaders convene in Chicago this May to discuss managing the global economy,...

Scandal

More Urinating on the Taliban, Please

More Urinating on the Taliban, Please

Being “the primary architect of hipsterdom” was fun when I was young, but now...

Cultural Caviar

Of Oil and Oil Paints

Of Oil and Oil Paints

The de Kooning show just closed at MoMA, and I just finished reading The Quest: Energy,...

Revisions

Red Tails and Tall Tales

Red Tails and Tall Tales

One would be hard-pressed to name a city in America without a Holocaust memorial,...