Butchered whales lure polar bears and tourists to a coastal Alaskan town. So far, so good. Sort of.
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John Hinckley Left the Mental Hospital Seven Months Ago
Can a man who tried to murder a president be rehabilitated?
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Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind
Sam Kriss, in a post he calls his “magnum opus” in The Outline, explores the age-old warning not to stare directly at the sun.
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The Swiss Invasion
You don’t shop on Saturday if you live in Konstanz, Germany. Why? The Swiss.
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Memoirs of Addiction and Ambition
Cat Marnell’s new memoir How to Murder Your Life, like Julia Phillips’ famous You’ll Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again, is an extreme spectacle of women in capitalism.
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MAWA! The Christian Alt-Right Wants to Make America White Again
Sarah Posner introduces some of the main players in “alt-right Christianity” in her exploration of American Evangelicals’ embrace of Trump.
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Who’s Been Seeding the Alt-Right? Follow the Money to Robert Mercer
Jane Mayer profiles hedge fund manager, alt-right supporter, political funder, and Ayn Rand-wannabe Robert Mercer in the New Yorker.
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What Happens When You Stare at the Sun?
“The injunction not to look directly into the sun isn’t just medical — it’s always political.”
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Amazing Disgrace
How did Donald Trump — a thrice-married, biblically illiterate sexual predator — hijack the religious right?
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Don’t Fear the Painter, or the Tyranny of Whiteness
In Chromophobia, David Batchelor explores color theory and argues for the West’s historical fear of color.