Can a Pickup Artist Unlearn His Tricks?
Neil Strauss, the man who introduced negging to America, is in a dark bar in south Brooklyn asking men to talk about their mothers. Strauss is best known for The Game, his exploration int
Neil Strauss, the man who introduced negging to America, is in a dark bar in south Brooklyn asking men to talk about their mothers. Strauss is best known for The Game, his exploration int
Junun, the frustrating new documentary by Paul Thomas Anderson, was filmed in the private chambers of a fifteenth-century fort overlooking Jodhpur, a city in northern India. The film opens with a long shot of musicians—one English, one Israeli, and 19 Indian—sitting in the palace, prepa
About halfway through Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, CNN moderator Anderson Cooper said, “I want to talk about issues of race in America. For that, I want to start off with Don Lemon.” I shuddered. For one thing, there’s the whole let’s-go-to-the-black-guy-to-ask-about-rac
It’s almost easier to imagine Egypt without the pyramids than Playboy without nude centerfolds. Yet the iconic men’s magazine is losing the signature photos of buxom women, with their often baffling list of “likes” and “dislikes." This feature has been an inescapable part of the c
There was a time, not so long ago, when Jim Webb was supposed to be exactly what the Democratic Party needed. Webb gave a strange and stumbling performance in the Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday night, his final flourish being a somewhat off-topic
One of the most interesting things about Bernie Sanders is that he embraces a political label that is widely considered to be toxic in America: democratic socialist. The U.S
In the early aughts, watching television became a feat of endurance. In long-running drama shows like The Sopranos and Breaking Bad, we rationalized th
Bernie Sanders had a big test at the first Democratic debate: to prove that he could broaden his appeal enough to be a genuine threat to Hillary Clinton for the nomination. While the Vermont senator has made recent gains in the early states of Iowa and New Hampshire, he’s
At the first Democratic presidential debate on Tuesday, CNN’s Dana Bash asked the five candidates about paid leave. She didn't ask, Why is America the only industri
Tuesday’s Democratic debate featured the most substantive p
On the sidelines of the first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday night, three candidates flanked Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders like backup singers: blueblooded WASP Lincoln Chafee (
Climate change has officially entered prime-time politics. In the initial moments of this year's first Democratic presidential primary debate, four of the five candidates
It took until nearly the end of the first Democratic presidential debate for anyone to make the point that will define the general election—and it came from the candidat
The top five Democratic presidential candidates met Tuesday night in Las Vegas for their first primary debate, moderated by Anderson Cooper on CNN. Here are the highlights, and check out the New Republic's
The staff of the New Republic, led by senior editors Elspeth Reeve and Jeet Heer, is live-blogging
Marlon James has won the 2015 Man Booker Prize for his novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings. James is the first Jamaican to writer to win the prize, which was first awarded in 1969.A nearly 700 page epic featuring nearly one hundred characters, A Brief History of Seven Killings