Vulgarians 101: A Course for Future Leaders of America
A dystopian syllabus for an inevitable future at a hypothetical university.
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Even Orwell Can’t Get Us Through a Trump Presidency
There’s nothing about Trump and his splenetic short-attention-span nature that speaks to the cold and calculating mindset of the capable authoritarian.
Donald Trump: The Spoiled Little Man-Child They Made King
Did Shakespeare predict Donald Trump? No. He just wrote a play about a thin-skinned, petty, self-aggrandising narcissist whose poor leadership drove an empire to ruin. Totally different.
On the Glories of Mardi Gras and Trump’s Inaugural Just Desserts
I suppose sometimes a cake is just a cake, but more often than not, it’s not.
Which Came First: O.J. Simpson or Donald Trump?
The similarities between O.J. Simpson and Donald Trump provide insight into how American celebrity works.
Trumpaholism, or, Is “Liquor Before Beer, Never Fear” a Piece of Fake News?
How I worry when I drink, and why Distilled Knowledge is diffuse knowledge.
America in the Age of Trump: Boycotts, Condonations, and ‘The Divide’
Is AntiBookClub's call to Penguin Random House to drop The Art of the Deal from their catalog an effective form of resistance?
Privilege Corrupts: Donald Trump and “The Devil in His Youth”
How a song by Protomartyr keeps taking on new meaning in the age of Donald Trump.
Tomorrow Belongs to Me: “Freedom’s Call”, Donald Trump and Propaganda
When you see and hear a group of children in star-spangled cheerleader outfits lip-syncing the words “Cowardice! Are you serious?” to an EDM reworking of the 1917 patriotic song “Over There”, that is the moment you should wake up.