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Publisher’s Note

Hell

by , on February 17, 2023
“A computer screen can act as a window on the world, but it can also lock you in a sort of monotonous and nonsensical prison.” Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on February 14, 2023
Missouri’s state house voted against prohibiting children from open-carrying firearms unless under adult supervision.  Read More
Podcast

The Future of the War on Terror

Host , Guest on February 14, 2023
Over the horizon: on U.S. military strategy in Niger Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on February 7, 2023
The Italian Supreme Court ruled that children don’t have to see their grandparents if they don’t want to. Read More
Podcast

Homelessness, Empty Houses, and Eric Adams

Host , Guest on February 6, 2023
Moving past criminalization in Philadelphia and elsewhere Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on January 31, 2023
A Pennsylvania man was charged for threatening to eat a sheriff. Read More
Podcast

The Antitrust Case Against Google

Host , Guest on January 30, 2023
AdSense and Sensibility: on the Biden Administration’s efforts to break up Google’s monopoly Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on January 24, 2023
A school cafeteria worker in Louisiana was arrested for selling baked goods laced with marijuana. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on January 18, 2023
A Tennessee representative claimed there are UFOs in the Bible. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on January 10, 2023
A study found that people who perceive themselves as attractive are less likely to wear a mask. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on January 4, 2023
Local authorities in Scarborough, England, canceled their planned end-of-year fireworks display so as not to distress a walrus that had taken up residence in town. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on December 28, 2022
The DEA announced that it had seized enough fentanyl to kill every American. Read More
Publisher’s Note

Austerity

by , on December 21, 2022
America’s political and cultural divide is widening along with the gap between the ultrarich and everyone else. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on December 20, 2022
Argentina beat France to win the World Cup, marking the third win by the South American team and the first time in history that no British fans were arrested during the tournament. Read More
Podcast

Apocalypse Nowish

Host , Guest on December 20, 2022
Why every generation thinks it’ll be the last Read More
Podcast

The Search for Perfect Sound

Host , Guest on December 14, 2022
Now hear this: the ephemeral and unquantifiable essence of music Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on December 13, 2022
An Energy Department official was accused of stealing luggage from an airport for the second time. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on December 6, 2022
Russians were banned from a re-creation of the Battle of Austerlitz. Read More
Podcast

Kate DiCamillo

Host , Guest on December 6, 2022
All ages show: the celebrated children’s book author discusses the art of writing for younger and older audiences Read More
Podcast

Casanova

Host , Guest on November 29, 2022
The thoughtful prick: the man, the myth, and the mythmaking Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on November 29, 2022
It was reported that a woman is suing Kraft Heinz for $5 million because her Velveeta Shells and Cheese took longer than three and a half minutes to make. Read More
Publisher’s Note

Semi-fascism

by , on November 23, 2022
“Trump is morally and constitutionally illiterate—a vile plutocrat—but he is no evil genius.” Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on November 22, 2022
The vice president of Brazil explained that Jair Bolsonaro has been absent from the public eye because a skin infection prevented him from wearing pants. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on November 15, 2022
Pennsylvania’s longest-serving state representative, Anthony DeLuca, was posthumously reelected. Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on November 8, 2022
It was revealed that scientists increasingly don’t understand how artificial intelligence works. Read More
Podcast

Nabokov’s Berlin

Host , Guest on November 8, 2022
A happy eternal recurrence: on the author’s relationship to fatherhood and time Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on November 2, 2022
Iranian state media announced that “the world’s dirtiest man” had died at age 94, several months after taking his first bath in decades. Read More
Podcast

Sarah Smarsh on the Midterms

Host , Guest on November 2, 2022
A view from outside the Beltway of what’s at stake this election Read More
Publisher’s Note

Paris Memories

by , on October 31, 2022
“That’s a loss for Americans, who, in any case, hardly know how to make a subtle or nuanced film anymore.” Read More
Weekly Review

Weekly Review

by , on October 25, 2022
Guido Crosetto, who was hospitalized during a 2013 election campaign after smoking 150 cigarettes in a single day, became Italy’s defense minister. Read More