Notable Sandwiches #50: Le Croque Monsieur et Le Croque Madame
Welcome to the latest installment of Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the bizarre document...
The Great Right-Wing Con Job
It’s 2023—once again I find that the 2020s feel like sci-fi dates to me and lament that we don’t have a Galactic Federation yet—and I’m so delighted to have...
Notable Sandwiches #49: Crisp
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the baffling document that is Wikipedia’s...
Gilt by Association
Edited by David Swanson A panel from the Arch of Titus in Rome It’s Chanukah, day two of the Festival of Lights, where we celebrate the victory of heroic...
Notable Sandwiches #48: Corned Beef
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
The Man Who Would Be King
Edited by David Swanson The Waidmannsheil hunting lodge in Bad Lobenstein, Thuringia, where Prince Heinrich XIII of Reuss planned his coup The man lived a...
Notable Sandwich: Editor's Note
The Notable Sandwich Team has been hit by a series of maladies this week, and rather than deliver a half-hearted column, we’ve opted to marshal our resources...
Emma Goldman Book Club: Can a Revolutionary Enjoy Beauty?
Emma is all about free love. And men… men are digging it. In a remarkably chaste and innocent way! The would-be suitors: Sasha Berkman, an uncompromising...
World War I, Part II: The King and Apis
The assassination and autopsy of Serbia’s King Alexander I and Queen Draginja (left) and the aftermath (right), 1903 In 1903, more than a decade before a...
Notable Sandwich #47: the Club Sandwich
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
Emma Goldman Book Club: Bad Sex at the Corset Factory
Previously: Chapter 1 Welcome back to the Emma Goldman Book Club, as we go through Emma Goldman’s juicily frank memoir, “Living My Life,” one chapter a week....
Thanksgrieving
This is a specific story. A specific small giant has gone, a woman possessed of a certain kind of midcentury glamor that has largely passed from the world,...
Notable Sandwiches: Post-Thanksgiving Special
In lieu of our regularly scheduled sandwich content, Talia and I decided to honor America’s post-Thanksgiving eating traditions—and satisfy our own...
Curtained with Fire: World War I, a Century On
Edited by David Swanson The destruction of Ypres, France, 1917; the destruction of Bilohorivka, Ukraine, 2022 There’s a land war going on in Europe—millions...
Notable Sandwiches #46: Churrasco
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
Introducing: the Sword & Sandwich Book Club!
Edited by David Swanson A 17-year-old Emma Goldman in 1886 (left), and in her 1901 mugshot Hello and welcome, especially to new subscribers! I assume a lot...
Notable Sandwiches #45: Chow Mein
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
Notes from a Battlefield
Edited by David Swanson Manassas, Virginia, where America’s last Civil War began If you’re reading this and haven’t voted, go vote, obviously. Even if it...
Notable Sandwiches Special: 1909 Edition
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
Just Asking Questions About Tucker Carlson's Murder Castle
Edited by David Swanson Acyn @AcynTucker: We're not the crazy people. You're the liars. 12:19 AM ∙ Nov 3, 20222,384Likes401Retweets“Just produce the police...
On Lying About Violence
Edited by David Swanson The Pelosis’ San Francisco home, via Google Earth A man breaks into a political leader’s home. It’s well known where she lives, and...
Notable Sandwiches #44: Choripán
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
Kanye, Trump, and the Right's Antisemitic Zionism
Edited by David Swanson “Allegory of the Apocalypse” by Joseph Heintz the Younger, 1674 It’s a rare thing when explicit antisemitism makes big headlines....
Notable Sandwiches #43: Chopped Cheese
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where we trip merrily through the strange and ever-shifting document that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable...
Dispatches from the Goat Farm
Hi all! I promised my editor David (explicitly) and you (implicitly) that I would write a column today, which goes to show that I am a bit of an idiot: after...
Notable Sandwiches #42: Chivito
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the strange and ever-shifting document that...
Notable Sandwiches #42: Chivito
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the strange and ever-shifting document that...
Notes from a Vain and Selfish Lout
Edited by David Swanson A map from “The Phantom Tollbooth,” by Jules Feiffer. The Doldrums are to the West. I’ve retained very little from The Phantom...
Notes from a Vain and Selfish Lout
Edited by David Swanson A map from “The Phantom Tollbooth,” by Jules Feiffer. The Doldrums are to the West. I’ve retained very little from The Phantom...
Notable Sandwiches #41: Chipped Beef
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the strange and ever-shifting document that...
Notable Sandwiches #41: Chipped Beef
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my editor David Swanson, trip merrily through the strange and ever-shifting document that...
The Onion Tattoo
“Onion Halved” by Edward Weston, 1930 As of today, it’s been exactly one year since I started this newsletter. And what a journey it’s been—we’ve talked...
The Onion Tattoo
“Onion Halved” by Edward Weston, 1930 As of today, it’s been exactly one year since I started this newsletter. And what a journey it’s been—we’ve talked...
Notable Sandwiches #40: The Chip Butty
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 Pull Myself Out of The Dark?
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, I’ve...
Notable Sandwiches #39: The Chimichurri Burger
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 #39: The Chimichurri Burger
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
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
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
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?
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...