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A big difference between now and right before we invaded Iraq is that almost no one in America wants or thinks we need to go to war with Iran and the people who do are barely even trying to justify it because they don't have to.

For The New Yorker, I wrote about (a new book about) ABBA: newyorker.com/books/under-re…

For the July issue, I took my first seat in the Harper's Magazine Easy Chair, with a piece on social Darwinism and the America that produced Trump harpers.org/archive/2025/0…

My thoughts about Jamie Merchant's great book, Endgame Los Angeles Review of Books lareviewofbooks.org/article/conspi…

5 years of living with Dylan’s late masterpiece, which is as deep and wide as anything he ever did, and which sparked the legendary tour which is still ongoing and is cemented in Dylan history as one of his great live runs, up there with 65-66 and Rolling Thunder. 🎂

Wrote about this not very good Benson Boone album pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

Listening to Bob Dylan heals at least 20 MP

"The ambient smear of right-wing art expresses a wish for a warm cocoon protecting the viewer from the carnage he longs for." -Mitch Therieau thedriftmag.com/agit-slop/

I reviewed the new Lorde record for The New Yorker: newyorker.com/culture/pop-mu…

For a long time I thought this was the worst song ever made. Benson Boone Beautiful Things and Doechii Anxiety shook this belief for a time, but I'm coming back around

that’s nice, but have you ever tried listening to david gray’s “babylon” on a beautiful summer day