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Michael Lewis’s ‘Going Infinite’ Goes In Circles

October 10, 2023
Year In Review

The Best Things We Read In 2022

December 26, 2022
This Is So Stupid

Are You The General Of Carl von Clausewitz’s Dreams? Take This Quiz To Find Out!

October 3, 2022
Journalismism

Axios Employees Instructed To Use Axios Funds To Buy Six Copies Each Of Axios Founders’ Dumb Book

September 23, 2022
Arts And Culture

Here’s To Mike Davis, A Titan

Arts And Culture

The Queen Of Writing The Beautiful Mundane

Arts And Culture

Reading Is Easy, TV Is Hard

March 2, 2022
This Is So Stupid

To Stop The Creeping Liberalism Of Books, You Must Destroy The Cloud

February 3, 2022
Zillowing Out

A $900,000 (Maybe?) Home That Someone Loved Very Much

January 29, 2022
Life Lessons

This Is Not Actually An Endorsement Of Ditching Your Childhood Friends

January 28, 2022
Arts And Culture

No Wonder Left In World Now That Mysterious Book Thief Has Been Arrested

January 6, 2022
Year In Review

The Best Things We Read In 2021

December 29, 2021
Defector At The Movies

This ‘Dune’ Has No Ideas

October 26, 2021
Pro Wrestling

These Are The Books Wrestling Fans Want Philadelphia Children To Read

October 7, 2021
Defector Reads A Book

‘The Glassy, Burning Floor Of Hell’ Is A Horror Collection That Will Validate Your Misery

August 17, 2021
Podcasts

Frisk Max Scherzer If You Dare, With Kelsey McKinney

July 1, 2021
Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

“My Friend Is Here To See The Girls”

Announcements

‘The Night The Lights Went Out’ Will Be A Book

Senators Week

In ‘A Sense Of Where You Are,’ Bill Bradley Was A Bucket

May 5, 2021
Pro Wrestling

Pro Wrestling’s Finest Down-And-Dirty Chronicle Is Getting Even Better

March 22, 2021
Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

A Couples Therapist Explains Wilt Chamberlain’s Most Impressive Record (No, Not That One)

February 26, 2021
Defector Reads A Book

I Love The Sports Chapter Of The Aeneid

Life Lessons

Lost And Found In The Batting Cage

February 11, 2021
Book Excerpts That Don't Suck

A Day At The “Largest Festival For Dogs In North America” Where My Dog Was, Quite Frankly, Robbed Of His Accolades

January 8, 2021
Year In Review

The Best Things We Read In 2020

December 30, 2020
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