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Dwight Macdonald
April 11, 2018
Pauline Kael’s Long Delayed Big Break
Through years of setbacks and discouragement, Kael insisted that movies should be free from stereotypes, unpretentious, and fun.
August 29, 2016
This Really Might Be the Most Important Election Ever
Usually, the Democratic and Republican candidates share a baseline belief in the American system. Not this election season.
November 15, 2012
The Curse of Warholism
September 14, 2012
The Cranky Wisdom of Peter Kaplan
November 23, 2011
The Browbeater
October 19, 2011
Why Liberals Need Occupy Wall Street, and Vice-Versa
July 13, 2011
The Libelous Truth
August 3, 2010
The PICTURE: Midcult Revisited
July 23, 2010
The Gospel According to Luce
June 29, 2010
The Perils of Progress
March 19, 2010
I Know I Am Harping On The President’s Israel Policy. But That’s Exactly What I Should Be Doing And What I Aim To Do.
March 26, 2008
The Troubadour Intellectual
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The Varieties of Artistic Experience
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On Feeling the Misery of Strangers

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