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Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone?
On two fascinating new books
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The Parasocialism Era
Considering the peak of fan culture
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Ohtani, Safe at Home
MLB gets the outcome it wants
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The Three Segments of American Culture
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Pretending Problems Don't Exist Won't Make Them Disappear
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Where Democrats Lost
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The Tragedy of Eliot Spitzer
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Eric Adams and the Weapon of Identity
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The Three Factions of the American Left
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A Conversation with John Pistelli
His new novel, 'Major Arcana,' is a significant work of literature
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The Death (and Life) of Takedown Culture
Why the Bookforum piece on Lauren Oyler resonates
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The Death of Debate Culture
On the Guernica implosion and what comes next
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Chatbot Politics
Eric Adams tumbles into tomorrow
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What a Second Biden Term Might Actually Look Like
Enter President Harris
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Black Lives Matter, Palestine, and a Police Killing
A strangely overlooked case in New York
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What Will AI Permanently Disrupt?
Beware, attention merchants
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Political Currents by Ross Barkan
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