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The Liberal Who Hates Leftists

Pratinav Anil The Guardian
In his caustic critique of identity politics, Williams ends up condemning every kind of collective action.

Hulk Hogan Was a Very Bad Man

Carl Beijer Convergence
Hulk Hogan, who died this week at age 71, was the most important professional wrestler who ever lived. He was also a terrible human being.

In a Time of Peace

Ilya Kaminsky
Ukanian-American poet Ilya Kaminsky examines the way complicity with an authoritarian regime can corrupt a whole society.

Playing With Academic Fire

Hatim Kanaaneh Jadaliyya
This study of three late 1940s kibbutzim, writes reviewer Kanaaneh, “analyzes how these so-called leftist settlements” related to their Palestinian neighbors in “the land and the farming villages that were then wiped out of existence.”

The Undeniable Greatness of Jaws

Eileen Jones Convergence
Jaws is rightly celebrated as a landmark, generation-defining hit. But it’s not sufficiently recognized as a great 1970s film, exemplifying that rocky decade’s political ire, acerbic social critique, and the lingering practices of realist cinema movi

Night Owl

Patrick Daly
California poet Patrick Daly reflects on the reach, and limits, of the imagination, where nature, art and politics intertwine in often disturbing ways.