You can join any of the surprisingly numerous utopian experiments in the US. All you have to do is give up a sizable chunk of your individual identity. FSG Do you want to live in a place where equality reigns? With zero crime and zero jails? Where workers fully own their labor and income inequality […]
Rich Smith
Rich Smith writes about politics, books, and performance for The Stranger. You can hear his impersonations of Bernie Sanders and Jeff Sessions on Blabbermouth, and you can read his poems at www.richsmithpoetry.com
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What’s So Funny About the Naked Trump Statue?
Portrait of a self-portrait with dick pic. RS People in real life and on the internet are going nuts over the nutless statue of Donald Trump, which appeared in a handful of cities all across the U.S. The plaque at the statue’s feet reads, “The Emperor has No Balls” I got excited. I took a […]
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Who’s Leading Jill Stein In Texas Polls? Deez Nuts.
She is also tied with the dead gorilla, Harambe. COURTESY JILL STEIN FOR PRESIDENT The first official presidential debates are coming up on September 26th, which means it’s time for Jill Stein to stand up for Democracy by getting arrested on camera. You can watch video of her arrest at the last cycle’s presidential debates […]
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What Trump Means By His Confusing “Mr. Brexit” Tweet
Mr. Trump is currently searching for a Union Jack flag that’s just as big as this U.S. flag. Please send all tips to @realDonaldTrump Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com Someone let Donald Trump have his phone again this morning. With it, he Tweeted a Tweet so mysterious, so baffling, so alive with meaning that everybody is […]
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On the Road to Nowhere in Utopia Drive
Erik Reece’s Book Shows What Utopian Societies (Past and Present) Can Teach Us About Reality
DO YOU WANT to live in a place where equality reigns? With zero crime and zero jails? Where workers fully own their labor and income inequality doesn’t exist? Well, then, your future is now. Hop on a Greyhound and head over to Louisa County, Virginia, where you’ll find the tofu-making, hammock-weaving community of Twin Oaks. […]
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Which Is Better: Jill Stein’s ’90s Folk Band or Her Chance of Being Elected President?
Jill Stein: Somebody’s Sister, lead vox. RIYL a Trump presidency. Courtesy Jill Stein for President As the internet has recently discovered, Jill Stein is more than just a politician. She is also a lead singer. Now it all makes sense. Before she stood for the Green Party, Stein and Ken Selcer led the alt-folk-rock band […]
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Grief Is the Thing with Feathers: A Somber Breeze of a Book
Max Porter’s Writing Finds a Language for Grief
Max Porter’s writing finds a language for grief.
Posted inElection 2016
Bernie Sanders Will “In All Likelihood” Vote for Hillary Clinton
Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’ Andrew Cline / Shutterstock.com Speaking to CNN’s Chris Cuomo this morning, Bernie Sanders said his vote will in “all likelihood” go to Clinton in November. Sanders stopped short of a full-on endorsement of the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, and, despite his equivocal phrasing, he said he wouldn’t vote […]
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Bernie Sanders Is Still Running for President
Still in it. Joseph Sohm / Shutterstock.com Though he said the word “ending” nearly a dozen times, Senator Sanders did not end his campaign for the presidency during a special announcement to supporters on Thursday evening. But sitting alone in what looked like a closet covered in Bernie-themed wallpaper, he did say several things that […]
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Wait. Where Was Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) During Yesterday’s Fillibuster?
According to The Washington Post, Sanders didn’t speak at the Democrats’ filibuster because “It just didn’t work yesterday.” Joseph Sohm/Shutterstock If I were running for president, and if I were also a sitting senator who had voted against the Brady bill five times, and if I were looking to show that the polices of the […]
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Writers Sign Petition Against Trump
“Is that guy a writer? Get ’em out a ‘eeeeeere. I’ve written books, best sellers actually. And you know what? They were terrific. Not like these lightweights.” Gino Santa Maria / Shutterstock.com Have you ever wanted to be on a longlist with Tobias Wolff, Junot Díaz, Jennifer Egan, Stephen King, Amy Tan, Rita Dove, Nick […]
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Beautiful Sentences Can’t Save Agnostic
Northwest Writer Lesley Hazleton’s Latest Suffers From Moral and Logical Flaws
Northwest writer Lesley Hazleton’s latest suffers from moral and logical flaws.