There’s a common trajectory that can frequently be observed in American popular music: A promising first album will brim with potential but maybe isn’t quite all there yet. A near-great second album will burst with ideas and can make it seem like th…
Meet the most hilariously weird model on TikTok
Sometimes I get really depressed about all the ways TikTok is flattening culture, how it bombards its users with one completely random trend or subculture that becomes a nationwide talking point for roughly three days and never matters again. It’s d…
In Sally Rooney’s new novel, a celebrity author fights her own brand
Early on in Sally Rooney’s fraught and lovely new novel Beautiful World, Where Are You, it becomes clear that one of the big problems Rooney is going to be struggling with on the page is herself. Or rather, the phenomenon of herself. Sally Rooney ha…
America needs to decide how much Covid-19 risk it will tolerate
More than a year and a half into the Covid-19 pandemic, America still doesn’t agree on what it’s trying to accomplish. Is the goal to completely eradicate Covid-19? Is it to prevent hospitals from getting overwhelmed? Is it hitting a certain vaccine…
America Plans On Doing Massive Cuts On Military Spending, A Sign Of The US Empire’s Decline
By Theodore Shoebat The US projects major declines in military spending, a sign of the empire’s gradual decline: [embedded content] source https://shoebat.com/2021/09/06/america-plans-on-doing-massive-cuts-on-military-spending-a-sign-of-the-us-empir…
Qatar May Struggle To Deliver The New-Look Taliban It Hyped
Qatar's reveled in hosting talks with the Taliban and has gained the trust of its leaders. (File) As the Taliban closed in on Kabul and tens of thousands of people overwhelmed its airport, it was the small Gulf state of Qatar that first opened its d…