Ken Burns Does Da Vinci
In a previous interview with Ken Burns, the director told me, “If I was given 1,000 years, I would not run out of topics...
‘Fund the Police’ Backfired — and Gave Trump More Power Than Ever
In the past four years, mainstream Democrats have: nominated a former prosecutor for president; elected an ex-NYPD officer to run New York City; campaigned...
Don’t Panic
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack.
Look, the reelection of Donald Trump is bad news. A lot of awful stuff is going to...
Study: End World Bank Support for Factory Farming
Animal agriculture is one of the leading drivers of the climate crisis. According to a recent World Bank report, food and agriculture generate almost a...
The Case for Abandoning X
On Wednesday, The Guardian announced that it will no longer be posting to X.com, the website that murdered Twitter, cut off its face and placed...
The Billion-Dollar Tumble
Kamala Harris’ devastating loss to Donald Trump was a catastrophic failure for the Democratic Party and the consultant class that has long steered its...