A Brief History of New York Punk
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Notable Sandwiches #73: The Gerber
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America's Apocalyptic Cheerleaders
“One of the things I think about a lot—for self-preservation reasons—is how a particularly odious swath of evangelicals in this country are Real Weird About...
All the Things I Want
Late Saturday night I found myself writing a piece of antipropaganda. It turned into something between a poem and a shopping list. I confess lately I have...
Notable Sandwiches #72: The Gatsby
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Speech and Speechlessness
“Girl Before a Mirror” by Pablo Picasso, 1932 In her new book, Doppelganger: a Trip into the Mirror World, the author Naomi Klein offers a meditation on...
The Making of Donald Trump: 2000-2015
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Notable Sandwiches #71: Fried Brain
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American Noir, Part I
A man with a troubled past sits behind a desk and a woman — in a hat and veil or a clinging sheath number or a pressed suit depending on the decade — walks...
The Making of Donald Trump: Parts I — IV
Over the last few months I’ve been going through the media’s coverage of Donald Trump, from his arrival on the New York real estate scene to his dalliances...
It's Always Midnight in Petroleum City
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Notable Sandwiches #70: Fricasse
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The Confession
“The Sun” by Edvard Munch, 1911 - 1916 I am by genes and time and bad luck a madwoman. A madwoman is shut in her own mind, but she can speak more freely than...
Gone fishin'
Hi beloved readers, With me having just handed in the manuscript for my second book (about the Christian Right, much of it inspired by the work I did for...
Labor Pains and Gains
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Notable Sandwiches #69: French Dip
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The Christian Right's Masculinity Problem
There’s a diagram that’s instantly familiar to a good many people who have been educated as evangelical Christians. It was originally designed and...
The Making of Donald Trump: The Nineties
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Notable Sandwiches #68: Francesinha e Francesinha Poveira
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The Rise & Fall & Rise & Fall & Rise & Fall of Rudy Giuliani
By the time you read this, Rudy Giuliani will have surrendered at the Fulton County jail in Georgia for his role in the racketeering case against Donald...