Editor's Notes: Never Underestimate the Human Capacity for Earnest Cruelty
Americans ought to be more familiar with the sorts of atrocities committed both by regimes and by rioting publics.
112 articles
Was Cultural Marxism Responsible for the Beatles? (Half the Answer #97, with A. J. A. Woods)
Why does the right keep talking about a handful of critical theorists from the 1960s?
Lindsey Graham: "Corporal," Senator, Hypocrite (Half the Answer #96, with Maya Rupert)
The life and works of the man who occupied the most racist seat in American history.
Ken Paxton and the Potential Boogaloo Congressman (Half the Answer #95, with Steven Monacelli)
Ken Paxton isn't the only Looney Toon running for a position in the United States Congress this November.
The Mancunian Candidate and the End of Keir Starmer (Half the Answer #94, with Hunter CG)
Exactly what is going on in England? Why is the Labour Party trying to behave like the Tories—or worse?
Graham Platner: Walking Red Flag (Half the Answer #93, with Marisa Kabas)
Graham Platner is a parade of red flags stuffed into a pair of yellow rubber waders, and yet so many
Cattle Cars in the Sky (Half the Answer #92, with Gillian Brockell)
ICE flights are still happening and they are still horrifying. Gillian Brockell brings us updates on some of the major
America's 250th Birthday Party and the Green Reflecting Pool (Half the Answer #91, with Amanda Moore)
Why won't Gregory Bovino stay gone? Why can't Trump keep his pool clean? And how many
Jared Kushner and Albania's Flamingo Revolution (Half the Answer #90, with Hunter CG)
Why is Albania having anti-Jared Kushner protests? What did he do to them? And what on Earth is going
The Legalization of Sports Gambling in America (Half the Answer #89, with Danny Funt)
How did sports betting burst onto the scene so violently in the last half-decade? Danny Funt, author of Everybody
SCOTUS, Callais, and What's Next for Voting Rights and Other Civil Rights (Half the Answer #88, with Madiba Dennie)
What does the Callais decision mean for voting rights and other anti-discrimination protections in the United States? How is
Bari Weiss Is Supposed to Do the News Now (Half the Answer #87, with Radley Balko)
Why has Bari Weiss, a liberal-presenting Trump sycophant, been handed the reins to CBS News, one of our most
The Two American Reconstructions: An Appraisal, Reflection (Half the Answer #86, with Thomas Zimmer)
What was the first American Reconstruction after the Civil War? Why are some historians suggesting we just left a second