Thursday

August 19, 2021

Come On, Man: Drop the Tough Guy Act, Joe

The Afghanistan debacle has the president leaning in to a mode of leadership that neither suits the moment nor plays to his strengths.

by Michael Tomasky

Don’t Call It a Pandemic of the Stupid

There are structural reasons people are swayed by anti-vaccine propaganda. Sneering at the unvaccinated won't solve them.

by Melody Schreiber

How East Coast Media Bias Skews the News

Go west, media outlets: The lack of geographical perspective is damaging coverage of matters ranging from national politics to climate change.

by Matt Ford

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Veterans Wanted to End the Afghanistan War Years Ago. No One Listened.

The mainstream media is portraying the Taliban’s return to power as a traumatic event for U.S. veterans of the 20-year war. But many of them saw this day coming a long time ago.

by Jasper Craven

The Lost World of W.G. Sebald

How the cataclysms of the past loomed over Sebald’s life and haunted his fiction

by Ryu Spaeth

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