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Peter Thiel brandishes $100 bills at the Bitcoin 2022 conference. (

What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffrey Epstein What Peter Thiel Saw in Jeffrey Epstein

In the extensive correspondence between the Silicon Valley venture capitalist and the late pedophile, both men expressed a deep aversion to democracy.

Feb 11, 2026 / David Futrelle

How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game

How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game How Big Gaming Is Swallowing Up the Big Game

The Super Bowl will showcase the lords of legalized betting, even as they’ve already colonized every other reach of human experience.

Feb 6, 2026 / Matt Alston

Elon Musk peddles his vision of cosmic colonization at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Why Elon Musk’s Latest Mega Merger Is Little More than Vaporware Why Elon Musk’s Latest Mega Merger Is Little More than Vaporware

The tech mogul and would-be space pioneer is mashing up his properties once more in a deal that's unlikely to achieve escape velocity .

Feb 4, 2026 / Jacob Silverman

Starbucks Workers On Strike

Baristas Are the Brand Baristas Are the Brand

The future of Starbucks depends on its workers.

Jan 28, 2026 / Darrick Hamilton

How Elon Musk Turned Grok Into a Pedo Chatbot

How Elon Musk Turned Grok Into a Pedo Chatbot How Elon Musk Turned Grok Into a Pedo Chatbot

The tech oligarch sets a new low—for now—in the degeneration of online discourse.

Jan 14, 2026 / Jacob Silverman

Marchers in Charlotte, North Carolina,protest the ICE killing of Renee Nicole Good, on January 8, 2026.

Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators. Want to Stop ICE? Go After Its Corporate Collaborators.

ICE can’t function without help from the private sector. So we should force the private sector to stop helping.

Jan 9, 2026 / Eric Blanc, Wes McEnany, and Claire Sandberg

Doug McMillon during the 2024 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

Walmart Worship Walmart Worship

Journalists adore the CEO of the world’s largest retailer.

Dec 23, 2025 / Michael Massing

CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss hosts a town hall with Erika Kirk on December 10.

Bari Weiss’s Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets “60 Minutes” Bari Weiss’s Counter-Journalistic Crusade Targets “60 Minutes”

The new editor in chief at CBS News has shown she’s not merely stupendously unqualified—she’s ideologically opposed to the practice of good journalism.

Dec 22, 2025 / Elizabeth Spiers

Unleashing AI

Unleashing AI Unleashing AI

Ignoring the dangers, tech companies race forward.

Dec 19, 2025 / OppArt / Peter Kuper

A still from the doomed McDonald's AI-generated holiday ad.

The Slop of Things to Come The Slop of Things to Come

This past week boasted many overhyped AI breakthroughs, but the healthiest one was the fierce repudiation of a contemptuous McDonald’s ad.

Dec 12, 2025 / Matt Alston

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