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Ryu Spaeth

Ryu Spaeth is an editor at New York magazine.

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March 9, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Jon Huntsman’s career is a centrist parable.
March 3, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump is not a smart man.
February 27, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
The president of the United States eats his $54 steak with ketchup.
February 23, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Why does the alt-right like Depeche Mode?
February 17, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Is this Proust?
February 17, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Endless screaming, in one photo.
February 15, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
How many worst songs ever are on Andrew Cuomo’s Spotify playlist?
February 9, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Why Sean Spicer deserves every ounce of humiliation he gets from Donald Trump.
January 31, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Did Merrick Garland die so Democrats might live?
January 30, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
We’re one terrorist attack away from Donald Trump doing something really crazy.
January 28, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
With his discriminatory refugee ban, Trump has already redefined America.
January 26, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Donald Trump is his very own North Korean anchorwoman.
January 22, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
At least we made Donald Trump mad.
January 20, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Overheard in Slack.
January 20, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
A lot more people attended President Obama’s inauguration in 2009.
January 13, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Barack Obama, Forever a Third-Culture Kid
I never expected to see people like myself in positions of power. Then Obama came along.
December 27, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
President Obama is a “the election has no moral” kind of guy.
December 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The mainstream media’s main problem is polarization.
December 26, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
George Michael’s best song is his cover of Queen’s “Somebody to Love.”
December 20, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
This Is the Photograph of the Year
Burhan Ozbilici's photo of the assassination of Andrey Karlov captures our unraveling moment.

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