Investigative journalism and media criticism from former Rolling Stone writer Matt Taibbi.
Watch now | Brad and Matt on how the Roman Empire was and was not like America
A recording from Monday's live video: Machiavelli had plenty of advice for current politicians on the subject of how, or whether, to maintain an empire
Narrated Version | A Columbia professor writes a dumb column, in anticipation of what will likely be humorously bad book
A Columbia professor writes a dumb column, in anticipation of what will likely be humorously bad book
The New York Times keeps setting new records for snootiness
Substack's own contribution to the snobbism epidemic is classic
A recording from Matt Taibbi's live video with Matt Bivens
Narrated Version | 57 years ago, Americans went to the moon in four days. Californians would still be working on the countdown
Machiavelli had plenty of advice for current politicians on the subject of how, or whether, to maintain an empire
American and European liberalism rightly campaigned against ethnocentrism once upon a time, but both versions ultimately went way too far
Narrated Version | It’s not the fault of voters that they’re surrounded by crazy
Matt Taibbi and Brad Pearce ask why reading’s gone out of style, and what’s replaced it