All 14 articles by Chris Lehmann
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Culture
Christopher Hitchens: A D.C. Requiem
The fawning homages triggered by the prolific polemicist's death missed the true tragedy of his later career.
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Hollywood’s Fraud-Free Fantasies
On the big and small screens, the entertainment industry fails to explain why the U.S. economy collapsed.
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Au Revoir, Noblesse Oblige
The sense of duty America's ruling class once felt to support the greater good is gone.
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Culture
Tea Party Death Trip
Why are some Americans so comfortable letting fellow citizens die?
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When a Paradigm Falls and Nobody Hears It
The neoliberal status quo is indefensible—yet the public silently accepts its supposed legitimacy.
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Murdoch’s Minor Setback
Don’t believe the humility: The mogul’s empire is not crumbling.
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Culture
Let Them Eat Megabytes
Our media and pop culture offers virtually no indictment of the signal malady of our age: rampant inequality.
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Oprah’s Celebrity Pyramid Scheme
The daytime talk goddess' therapeutic theology ultimately leads into a blind alley.
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Scofflaws, Elected or Otherwise
America has entered a surreal post-accountability age.
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Twilight of the Social Critics
David Brooks' latest book, The Social Animal, does not bode well for post-crisis America.
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Culture
The Babbitt of the Bobos
Is David Brooks America's most misguided pundit?
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Features
Freedom of the Press Moguls
The Newseum, the latest addition to Washington's sprawling, preening, self-singing monument-memorial complex, may boast a constitutional amendment engraved...
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