John Foster / 15 Oct 2021
More Than a Nostalgia Exercise
Two Books About Punk and Politics
Ronald Reagan was elected to a second term as America’s president in November 1984.(...)
Ronald Reagan
Josh White / 20 Sep 2021
United Kingdom of Suburbs
JG Ballard’s Science Fiction Future
Walking around Shepperton, you would have no idea this area was home to one of the greatest English writers of the twentieth century.(...)
John Foster / 10 Sep 2021
Born to Lose
America in Afghanistan
When William Westmorland led American forces in Vietnam, he kept a copy of Bernard Fall’s devastating critique of the French war in Indochina, The Street Without Joy, on his night table.(...)
Joel Schalit / 17 Jun 2020
George Floyd in Germany
The America Problem
All of the signs were in English. For most Berliners, the language is so common, they take it for granted. Especially for a city in which a quarter of the population is international.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 13 May 2020
The Power of Failing
Lorenzo Senni’s Scacco Matto
Scacco Matto sounds like a mosaic of Europop hits from the early 1980s. The album is made from pieces so tiny, their arrangement so abstract, that it transcends the referentiality of so much postmodern music.(...)
John Foster / 10 Apr 2020
Born to Lose
Joe Biden and the Democrats
When Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign for the Democratic nomination earlier this week, the leftist finally gave Joe Biden what he's been after for four decades: a run at the presidency. (...)