“On guns, MTV, Stephen King, and the nightmare from which we cannot awake.”
American Culture
Posted inEditor's Pick
How Cookie Jars Capture American Kitsch
“A friend of mine was like, ‘You’re the only person I know with 100 cookie jars and not a single cookie in your house.”
Posted inNonfiction
White Looks
Should white critics cover black culture? Only if they’re able to own their whiteness.
Posted inCommentary, Culture, Current Events, Reading List
A Reading List for Reconsidering the Fourth of July
How should we think about the Fourth of July given the current circumstances?
Posted inFood, Nonfiction, Quotes
Cheese and Macaroni Do Not a Mac and Cheese Make
On the complex history and triumphant ubiquity of America’s most comforting staple.
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Why Everyone Loves Macaroni and Cheese
“Popularized by Thomas Jefferson, this versatile dish fulfills America’s quest for the ‘cheapest protein possible.’”
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Living In These Curated Times
At The Baffler, Thomas Frank looks at the pros and cons and history of what we call “curation.”
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The Fighting Azov Dolphins
The Mariupol, Ukraine Dolphins play (American) football seven miles from the front lines — a weekly chance for “three hours of American way of life.”
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How America Lost Its Identity
From the outside looking in: reporter Holger Stark, who spent the past four years as Der Spiegel’s Washington correspondent, asks “What led this once mighty nation into decline?”