Editorial Team

How to Get Rich and Famous by Being an Abusive Creep on the Internet, and Why That Needs to Change Dec 30, 2022 Member-only Save In case you haven’t heard the story that took the internet by storm, it goes — deep breath — like this. An online influencer andnoted violent misogynistdecided to make fun … Read more

How Covid Became Yet Another Doom Loop We’re Trapped In Dec 29 Member-only Save It’s that time of year again. Christmas? The holiday season? No, the time of year when we’re all supposed to pretend…Covid’s over. Smile!! Hey, take a selfie while you’re at it!! We won!! Or did we? Me? I’m tired of pretending … Read more

The Year in Politics Was About — Surprisingly — America Beginning to Lead a Troubled World Out of Decline Dec 23, 2022 Member-only Save 2022 will be remembered as a remarkable year in the world politically. Why? Because it was the year that — defying everyone’s expectations — America came back, while the world fell … Read more

Britain is Suffering in Shocking Ways ‚Äî But Its Leaders Don‚Äôt Care Dec 21, 2022 Member-only Save Take a hard look at the picture above ‚Äî if you can stomach it for more than a second or two, that is. What is it?Whois it? Where was it taken? What story is it telling? The old … Read more

Why Trump’s Referral on Criminal Charges Matters — To America and the World Dec 20 Member-only Save By now, you’ve heard — The Jan 6th Committeeissued, at last, a criminal referral, to the Justice Department, against Donald Trump. And you’ve heard a chorus of pundits saying things like: it won’t matter, it’s not legally binding, … Read more

The Moral of Brexit Britain’s Descent into the Underworld of Modernity Dec 15, 2022 Member-only Save In mylast essay about Britain, I catalogued the shocking privations that Brits are going through — it’s descent into neo Dickensian poverty. This is what becoming a failed stateis. This time, though, I want to discuss the moral of … Read more

(Why the 2020s Are) The Age of Inflection Dec 17, 2022 Member-only Save What will history think of this decade? How will it remember it? I think that it’ll come to be thought of as the Age of Inflection. An age where inflection points were hit — and after that, certain forms of decline, if … Read more

What Do Fanatical Movements Do After Democracy Rejects Them? They Double Down on Violence Dec 8 Member-only Save It’s been a terrible few weeks for the former President of the United States, the Orange Buffoon. So many hammer blows have hit him, it’s hard to keep track. His “organization” — what is this, a mafia? … Read more

How One of Fashion’s Great Names Turned to Spite and Contempt — Only to Find Itself Devoured by Them Dec 3 Member-only Save We’re going to do something a little different today. I’m going to attempt to tell the story of how the global economy went wrong — unleashing a fascist mega-wave upon the world … Read more