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Aaron Timms
Aaron Timms is a frequent contributor to
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August 12, 2024
Magazine
Aaron Timms
The Decade That Mangled the American Right
From David Duke to John Gotti, the 1990s transformed the right and laid the groundwork for Trump.
March 19, 2024
Magazine
Aaron Timms
The Age of Cultural Stagnation
Has tech plunged culture into an era devoid of originality and surprise?
April 18, 2023
Magazine
Aaron Timms
They Did It for the Clicks
How digital media pursued viral traffic at all costs and unleashed chaos
October 31, 2022
Magazine
Aaron Timms
We’re Haunted by the Economy of the 1970s
Politicians and pundits across the political spectrum warn of a return to the decade of stagflation, urban decay, and labor mutiny. Their solution? The failed policies of the 1970s.
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September 2, 2022
Magazine
Aaron Timms
Vladimir Sorokin and the Dissident Novelist Problem
Sorokin’s novels do not “say” anything about Russia today.
September 13, 2021
Magazine
Aaron Timms
George Packer’s Center Cannot Hold
His muddled defense of liberalism comes with a heavy dose of disdain for the left.
December 4, 2020
Magazine
Aaron Timms
The Tangled Legacy of James Beard
He was the dean of American cooking. He embodied some of food culture’s most persistent problems.
May 18, 2020
Magazine
Aaron Timms
Making Life Cheap
Population control, herd immunity, and other anti-humanist fables
January 27, 2020
Magazine
Aaron Timms
Beyond the Growth Gospel
In light of the climate crisis, a movement is afoot to redefine prosperity in radically minimalist fashion.
January 7, 2020
Aaron Timms
Australia’s Infernal Denial
The greatest horror so far isn't the fires themselves—it's the response to them.
June 20, 2019
Aaron Timms
The Sameness of Cass Sunstein
His books keep pushing the same technocratic fixes. But today’s most pressing questions cannot be depoliticized.
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