Tag: Controversy
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The Banal Provocation of Sydney Sweeney’s Jeans
The American Eagle campaign, with its presentation of Americana as a zombie slop of mustangs, denim, and good genes, is lowest-common-denominator stuff.
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The Curious Case of Nebraska Man
A fossil tooth, a splashy debate, and a strange chapter in America’s long history of science denialism.
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The French liar
René Descartes, the founder of modern philosophy, was furiously condemned by his contemporaries. Why did they fear him?
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How I Came to Be in the Epstein Files
A conspiracy wrapped in a conspiracy theory wrapped in an enigma
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The Worst-Kept Secret of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Trump turned a far-right fantasy—ethnic cleansing in Gaza—into U.S. policy. He needs to reject it.