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Notable Sandwiches #39: The Chimichurri Burger
September 23, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which we trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable...
My Teenage Daughter Is Too Political to Be Polite
September 20, 2022
Editor’s note: new political columns and Tal’s take on sandwiches will resume in October, after a major book deadline. — David Dear Banner Carrier, So,...
My Teenage Daughter Is Too Political to Be Polite
September 20, 2022
Editor’s note: new political columns and Tal’s take on sandwiches will resume in October, after a major book deadline. — David Dear Banner Carrier, So,...
Notable Sandwiches #38: The Chiliburger
September 16, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which we trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable...
Notable Sandwiches #38: The Chiliburger
September 16, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which we trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable...
How Do I Forgive My Abusive Parents?
September 13, 2022
Banner Carrier, My question is this: My parents are unrepentant of the violence and mental hardships that they inflicted on me as a child and young person....
How Do I Forgive My Abusive Parents?
September 13, 2022
Banner Carrier, My question is this: My parents are unrepentant of the violence and mental hardships that they inflicted on me as a child and young person....
Notable Sandwich #37: Chicken Schnitzel
September 9, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-changing documenthat is...
Notable Sandwich #37: Chicken Schnitzel
September 9, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-changing documenthat is...
Help! I Think I'm an Impostor
September 6, 2022
Joan of Arc, swordswoman, banner carrier, impostor Dear Banner Carrier, What are your tips for handling impostor syndrome? I have recently started a new job...
Help! I Think I'm an Impostor
September 6, 2022
Joan of Arc, swordswoman, banner carrier, impostor Dear Banner Carrier, What are your tips for handling impostor syndrome? I have recently started a new job...
Notable Sandwiches #36: Chicken Salad
September 2, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Notable Sandwiches #36: Chicken Salad
September 2, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
The Fascist War on Trans Rights
August 30, 2022
Welcome back to Lavin & Hobbes, an occasional feature in which Talia talks to legendary podcaster, SubStacker, at-large cranky fact-checker of the mainstream...
The Fascist War on Trans Rights
August 30, 2022
Welcome back to Lavin & Hobbes, an occasional feature in which Talia talks to legendary podcaster, SubStacker, at-large cranky fact-checker of the mainstream...
Notable Sandwich #35: The Chicken Fillet Roll
August 26, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which we trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable...
Notable Sandwich #35: The Chicken Fillet Roll
August 26, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which we trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable...
Starving for Jesus, Part 2
August 23, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Gwen Shamblin Lara and daughter Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah Maria Zenovich, director of “The Way Down,” the HBO documentary series that...
Starving for Jesus, Part 2
August 23, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Gwen Shamblin Lara and daughter Elizabeth Shamblin Hannah Maria Zenovich, director of “The Way Down,” the HBO documentary series that...
Notable Sandwiches #34: Chicken
August 19, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing document...
Notable Sandwiches #34: Chicken
August 19, 2022
Welcome to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing document...
Introducing: Ask a Banner-Carrier
August 16, 2022
Hello to my fellow sword wielders and sandwich lovers! Today’s post is but a brief missive to introduce a new feature, in the hopes of enlivening The Sword...
Introducing: Ask a Banner-Carrier
August 16, 2022
Hello to my fellow sword wielders and sandwich lovers! Today’s post is but a brief missive to introduce a new feature, in the hopes of enlivening The Sword...
Notable Sandwiches #33: The Cheesesteak
August 12, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Notable Sandwiches #33: The Cheesesteak
August 12, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
A Holiday of Ashes
August 9, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Romans destroying the Second temple in Jerusalem, by Jan Luyken and Pieter Mortier, 1705. It’s a harsh thing, but a gracious thing,...
A Holiday of Ashes
August 9, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Romans destroying the Second temple in Jerusalem, by Jan Luyken and Pieter Mortier, 1705. It’s a harsh thing, but a gracious thing,...
Notable Sandwiches #32: Cheese & Pickle
August 5, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Notable Sandwiches #32: Cheese & Pickle
August 5, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Fascism's Useful Idiots
August 2, 2022
Michael Hobbes, the podcaster behind the health-woo-skepticism juggernaut Maintenance Phase and the early years of the beloved podcast You’re Wrong About,...
Fascism's Useful Idiots
August 2, 2022
Michael Hobbes, the podcaster behind the health-woo-skepticism juggernaut Maintenance Phase and the early years of the beloved podcast You’re Wrong About,...
Notable Sandwiches #31: On the Interpretation of Cheese Dreams
July 29, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Notable Sandwiches #31: On the Interpretation of Cheese Dreams
July 29, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Prophets of America
July 26, 2022
Edited by David Swanson In 1839, in Trout Creek, New York, in the sparsely-populated hinterlands of Delaware County, a prophet was born. His name was Cyrus...
Prophets of America
July 26, 2022
Edited by David Swanson In 1839, in Trout Creek, New York, in the sparsely-populated hinterlands of Delaware County, a prophet was born. His name was Cyrus...
Notable Sandwiches #30: Cheese
July 22, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Notable Sandwiches #30: Cheese
July 22, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Land of Rotten Tomatoes
July 19, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Religion in America has always been an unwieldy thing. The settlers who arrived here in the 1600s were, many of them, fleeing the...
Land of Rotten Tomatoes
July 19, 2022
Edited by David Swanson Religion in America has always been an unwieldy thing. The settlers who arrived here in the 1600s were, many of them, fleeing the...
Notable Sandwiches Summer Special: The Prison Sandwich
July 15, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Notable Sandwiches Summer Special: The Prison Sandwich
July 15, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
"Act Like This is a War"
July 12, 2022
When reporting on religious extremism in this country for the past few years, I’ve gotten invaluable guidance from a community that calls itself, quite...
"Act Like This is a War"
July 12, 2022
When reporting on religious extremism in this country for the past few years, I’ve gotten invaluable guidance from a community that calls itself, quite...
Notable Sandwiches #29: The Chacarero
July 8, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
Notable Sandwiches #29: The Chacarero
July 8, 2022
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the profoundly odd and ever-changing...
American Massacre
July 6, 2022
Chad Daybell, a graying, soft-chinned man with weakness for checked button-down shirts—a man who looked altogether more like a state senator than a mass...
American Massacre
July 6, 2022
Chad Daybell, a graying, soft-chinned man with weakness for checked button-down shirts—a man who looked altogether more like a state senator than a mass...
This Piece Totally Encapsulates My Feelings About All of Life Since Roe v Wade Was Overturned
July 1, 2022
Author's note: I'm too heartbroken about the loss of my civil rights to write the sandwich column today. Please donate to the NNAF. I’d write you a half-...
This Piece Totally Encapsulates My Feelings About All of Life Since Roe v Wade Was Overturned
July 1, 2022
Author's note: I'm too heartbroken about the loss of my civil rights to write the sandwich column today. Please donate to the NNAF. I’d write you a half-...
The World Turned Upside Down
June 28, 2022
The frontispiece from the 1646 pamphlet, The World Turned Upside Down. There is a famous quote included in nearly every history of the English Civil Wars....
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