The Necessary Fictions

"Deadwood" and the community of spirits

On rewatching David Milch's masterpiece in the age of the oligarch

Feb 22 • Elias Isquith

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March 2025

Why MAGA Acts Like It'll Never Lose

The logic of populism holds that anyone who is not a believer is not real.

Mar 28, 2025 • Elias Isquith

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February 2024

Normalize This

We keep assuming the MAGA era will end soon, one way or another. But why?

Feb 4, 2024 • Elias Isquith

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October 2023

Regarding the Pain of Others, Bearing Witness, and “Killers of the Flower Moon”

How Susan Sontag and a 9-hour documentary help explain Scorsese's masterpiece

Oct 29, 2023 • Elias Isquith

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