Ryan Zickgraf

If I wasn't already convinced that America had entered a new golden age of corruption, proof showed up at my door wearing a badge.

When America’s rot reached my doorstep

When America's rot reached my doorstep

The gunshots at the White House Correspondents' Dinner had barely stopped echoing through the DC hotel before the internet had solved the case several times over.

Are we all conspiracy theorists now?

The Right keeps waiting for the Weather Underground to shoot at President Trump. Not literally, not the specific organization — Bill Ayers is a

The outrage arrived before the film did. Within 24 hours of the trailer 's release last December, the new adaptation of Animal Farm had attracted a barrage of criticism, much of it from people who were already certain they knew exactly what was wrong with the film. Conservative commentators lined up to declare that director Andy Serkis had betrayed George Orwell's legacy by attacking free markets instead of totalitarianism.

The outrage arrived before the film did. Within 24 hours of the trailer’s release last December, the new adaptation of Animal Farm had attracted a barrage of criticism, much of it from people who were already certain they knew exactly what was wrong with the film. Conservative commentators lined up to declare that director Andy [...]Read More...

For most of the last half-century, the charge has been that American culture is stuck in adolescence. But adolescence, it turns out, was not the floor. Disney is leading the transformation, expanding into new age markets for maximum profit.

When Fifa President Gianni Infantino went on his World Cup sales pitch to American host cities, he promised them “104 Super Bowls”. Football fans were supposed to arrive in America this summer like a cavalry charge, draped in jerseys and carrying tiny plastic cups of $19 stadium beer, turning the 2026 World Cup into the [...]Read More...