Issue of the Century

The Case for Continentalism

Remarkably, European solidarity, once the progressive cause par excellence, is...


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Vile Bodies

Pray for Rain

Pray for Rain

In my salad days as vulgarity correspondent—that is to say, a reporter on the...

Media

In Defense of Al Jazeera

In Defense of Al Jazeera

It’s probable that few of us in the West have much time for either Saudi Arabia or...

Another Defenestration

Save the Five!

Save the Five!

“White supremacists have no place in the armed forces,” screeched the Huffington...

Joe Bob's America

American Airlines Is Messing With My Head

American Airlines Is Messing With My Head

NEW YORK—I don’t care about being the first one to board the plane. In fact, I...

Commerce

Haul of Injustice

Haul of Injustice

Peonage, in which workers are bound to their jobs by debts to their employers, is a...

Winning

Happy 4th of July, Slants and Redskins!

Happy 4th of July, Slants and Redskins!

For far too many political-opinion writers, Independence Day has turned into an...

The Patriarchy

Is America Still a Nation?

Is America Still a Nation?

In the first line of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, Thomas...

Pronouns

Ending Gender Discrimination in Professional Sports

Ending Gender Discrimination in Professional Sports

The current year is 2017, people, so why are we still segregating male and female...

News

The Week That Perished

The Week That Perished

The Week’s Most Nefarious, Precarious, and Hilarious Headlines MULTIPLE STATES...

Deep Thoughts

Fare-Minded

Fare-Minded

I have long admired taxi drivers. They are often well-informed and have a clear-eyed...

The Untold Story

Stay Hungary

Stay Hungary

Once upon a time the American Establishment enjoyed business paragons such as David...

Europe

A Matter of Sovereignty

A Matter of Sovereignty

The word “sovereignty” was bandied about during our E.U. referendum last year,...