Men behaving badly, part one: George Santos
Chiusano's portrait of a younger Santos is of someone painfully insecure, thin skinned, and desperate for some kind of validation and acceptance.
Matt Singer’s book about Siskel & Ebert’s influence on film criticism is heavy on gossip, light on actual criticism
Singer generally adopts the pose of the fan rather than the critic.
In two new books, journalist and essayist Lisa Whittington-Hill examines the perils facing women in pop culture
Whittington-Hill incisively illustrates the various double standards women face as figures in the public eye.
Naomi Klein gets personal, travels down the rabbit hole in her new book, Doppelganger
Klein's sprawling, anxious, scattershot approach to her material offers an objective correlative of what she claims was her mental state leading up to the writing of the book.
Michael Wolff’s book about Fox News is full of dishy gossip, but suffers from false equivalency
Wolff is not interested in a sober analysis of Fox News and its pernicious effect on the American polity.
Breaking up is hard to do: Cory Doctorow argues for the end of corporate concentration online in his new manifesto
What really exercises Doctorow is the monopolistic power Big Tech exerts in locking users into their services by means of exorbitant switching costs.
Terror’s long tail: Jeffrey Toobin revisits the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing to trace the growing roots of right-wing U.S. extremism
There is a direct line between the Oklahoma City bombing and the Capitol insurrection of January 6, 2021.
“An instrument of empowerment”: Hugh Stephens offers a rationale for a robust Canadian copyright system
The Canadian situation is in stark contrast to other Western countries that have more robust copyright protections.
For art’s sake: Michael Finkel examines the life and crimes of the world’s most prolific art thief
Ultimately, Breitweiser's psychology remains something of a mystery.
“Why don’t you just put out those demos?”: Bruce Springsteen, creative tension, and the accidental creation of a musical masterpiece
Zanes is familiar with the technical aspects of production, and his descriptions of how Nebraska was captured on tape provide some of the most fascinating moments in his book.