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Jacob Bacharach

Jacob Bacharach is a novelist and essayist. His most recent book is A Cool Customer: Joan Didion’s The Year of Magical Thinking. He divides his time between Blacksburg, Virginia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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April 4, 2019
MagazineJacob Bacharach
MSNBC’s Wild Ride
Thanks to Trump and the Russia investigation, the liberal network is booming. But is it selling its viewers a conspiratorial fantasy?
June 27, 2018
Jacob Bacharach
Don’t Count on History to Judge Wisely
The Supreme Court's rulings on Tuesday aren't certain to be condemned by future generations.
February 23, 2018
Jacob Bacharach
America’s Gun Sickness Goes Way Beyond Guns
The ongoing debate about gun control points to a deeper rot that pervades this country's culture and political economy.
October 27, 2017
Jacob Bacharach
Joan Didion Is the Best Thing About Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
What saves this highly anticipated documentary from being a workmanlike exercise is the cool customer at its heart.
February 20, 2017
Jacob Bacharach
The Madness of King Donald
The president poses a problem that has vexed royal courts for millennia: What to do about a tyrant who has lost his wits?
November 23, 2016
Jacob Bacharach
I Was a Teenage Nazi Wannabe
The alt-right is a loser's poor fantasy of what a radical revolution looks like. I should know.
June 13, 2016
Jacob Bacharach
When Forgetting Is the Proper Response to Terrorism
January 27, 2016
Jacob Bacharach
Ayn Rand Made Me a Communist
How an adolescent love affair with "Atlas Shrugged" opened up the world of radical politics.
October 9, 2015
Jacob Bacharach
Ben Carson Is Wrong About the Holocaust: Jews Did Fight Back

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