Isaac! At the Butler!
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Cultural critic and historian, author, podcaster, non-Zionist Jew. Co-host: CHARM OFFENSIVE. Writer: THE METHOD: HOW THE 20TH CENTURY LEARNED TO ACT
This is such a weird peg to build an argument around. Who in the Democratic Party had rejected Josh Shapiro?
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This is such a weird peg to build an argument around. Who in the Democratic Party had rejected Josh Shapiro?
While I’m complaining about the national dems, Kamala Harris popping out of her bunker to hawk a self justifying memoir and praise war criminal Dick Cheney on the neo-Nazi app is a disgrace and I hope to never have to hear her take on anything again.
November 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
While I’m complaining about the national dems, Kamala Harris popping out of her bunker to hawk a self justifying memoir and praise war criminal Dick Cheney on the neo-Nazi app is a disgrace and I hope to never have to hear her take on anything again.
Man the cast of shadows and fog was stacked:
November 2, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Man the cast of shadows and fog was stacked:
Henry Kissinger: I declare all my business with Cambodia settled. If Cambodia would like to reset things, unblock, and move forward, I am happy to do so.
November 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Henry Kissinger: I declare all my business with Cambodia settled. If Cambodia would like to reset things, unblock, and move forward, I am happy to do so.
this might be the best novel I’ve read this year and maybe the best horror novels I’ve ever read. I’ve been hot and cold on Enriquez’s short stories but at epic scale her remarkable blend of horror and realist psychology is without peer.
October 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
this might be the best novel I’ve read this year and maybe the best horror novels I’ve ever read. I’ve been hot and cold on Enriquez’s short stories but at epic scale her remarkable blend of horror and realist psychology is without peer.
Oy gevalt. Trust the pogroms now this.
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Oy gevalt. Trust the pogroms now this.
If you know me at all you know what a hilariously mistaken attempt at spam texting me this is:
October 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If you know me at all you know what a hilariously mistaken attempt at spam texting me this is:
… what we should tolerate. He’s running for the senate for chrissakes.
Scott Lemieux puts it well here:
Scott Lemieux puts it well here:
October 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
… what we should tolerate. He’s running for the senate for chrissakes.
Scott Lemieux puts it well here:
Scott Lemieux puts it well here:
Entering my Tiberius Gracchus era
October 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Entering my Tiberius Gracchus era
Christmas came early this year.
October 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Christmas came early this year.
This is admittedly a pet peev of mine but if we are going to describe writing as beautiful as part of an argument we are making, we must describe what makes it beautiful. There is no such thing as objectively beautiful writing.
October 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
This is admittedly a pet peev of mine but if we are going to describe writing as beautiful as part of an argument we are making, we must describe what makes it beautiful. There is no such thing as objectively beautiful writing.
Have you considered… reading a book?
October 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Have you considered… reading a book?
Feels like Delta chose this gate knowing we were going to see Chappell Roan.
October 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Feels like Delta chose this gate knowing we were going to see Chappell Roan.
Also any time you see this kind of closing in a piece, it's a giant red flag about everything that came before. Pieces that make solid, defendable arguments, don't need this like "sorry not sorry fanboys" nonsense.
September 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Also any time you see this kind of closing in a piece, it's a giant red flag about everything that came before. Pieces that make solid, defendable arguments, don't need this like "sorry not sorry fanboys" nonsense.
The Trump Gaza peace plan might be obviously a nonstarter, and just a fig lead to justify the genocide continuing, but at least it’s also hilarious:
September 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
The Trump Gaza peace plan might be obviously a nonstarter, and just a fig lead to justify the genocide continuing, but at least it’s also hilarious:
Showing the kid an American classic
September 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Showing the kid an American classic
One thing in that embarrassing Cass Sunstein interview with Chotiner that gave me pause is the moment when Chotiner is (with great restraint) dunking on Sunstein for essentially saying PC blowback moves people to the right:
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
One thing in that embarrassing Cass Sunstein interview with Chotiner that gave me pause is the moment when Chotiner is (with great restraint) dunking on Sunstein for essentially saying PC blowback moves people to the right:
The perfect headline doesn’t exi—
September 20, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The perfect headline doesn’t exi—
Four days to deadline and we are makin’ the manuscript better, baby.
September 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Four days to deadline and we are makin’ the manuscript better, baby.
Klein explicitly says his project is to dishonestly portray the true nature of the right for his readers in hopes that helps foster some common ground to heal our nation. This didn’t work for Obama and it’s not gonna work for him.
September 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Klein explicitly says his project is to dishonestly portray the true nature of the right for his readers in hopes that helps foster some common ground to heal our nation. This didn’t work for Obama and it’s not gonna work for him.
I feel this so hardcore as a culture writer
September 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I feel this so hardcore as a culture writer
We’re all waiting for this guy to weigh in
September 2, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We’re all waiting for this guy to weigh in
BREAKING: President Trump leaves the White House this morning
September 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
BREAKING: President Trump leaves the White House this morning
graphic design is my passion
August 31, 2025 at 11:05 PM
graphic design is my passion