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For almost two years, I’ve been playing a kind of intellectual solitaire I’ve dubbed the Orwell game. I check out any hot take, think piece, or news article I think…

I swear you guys, I’ve never been so happy in all my life. The thrill of discovery; the clacking of keys; the smell of fresh ink; the warmth of a…

The homepage for the Trump International Hotel New York features the slogan “Subtlety is not our strength, Indulgence is.” The slogan nicely characterizes the values of the Trump era. How…

Niki knew better, but he couldn’t help himself. He reached over the fuzzy velvet rope to touch the president’s hand. Niki’s thin brown fingers (his nails sparkly green) contrasted with…

After the white nationalist demonstrations in Charlottesville, Donald Trump notoriously equivocated over the ethics of the protestors, claiming he was “not putting anybody on a moral plane,” as “there were…

Donald Trump is our catastrophist-in-chief. On the campaign trail, he portrayed America in crisis, a waning empire on the brink of collapse. He characterized ObamaCare as a “total disaster” and…

The presidency of Donald Trump has yielded a daily glut of information and misinformation. Alongside the undermining of truth itself and the devaluation of expertise, this glut challenges traditional forms…