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Moral Limits

Avram Alpert Dissent Magazine
This book, writes reviewer Alpert, is "a powerful account of our failures to stop the war in Gaza, despite the professed worth we place on values like empathy.

Bring Back Horn & Hardart

Laine Doss Broken Palate
David Arena relaunched Horn & Hardart a little over two years ago. His goal is to bring back not just the company but its values.

The IP Machine Laughs at Itself

Eileen Jones Jacobin
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg mock Hollywood’s creative collapse in The Studio — while continuing to churn out sequels, reboots, and branded spin-offs.

MobLand Is the Platonic Ideal of Dad TV

Brian Tallerico AV Club
We're all Harry Da Souza. There has been a lot of discussion about the success of what some have called “dad TV,” shows not watched exclusively by men but targeting them through casting, concept, and execution.

Where This Is Leading

Rebecca Foust
Taking George Orwell's classic text, 1984, as her foundation, poet Rebecca Foust asks where the current regime is taking us.

Say the Word

Olivia Gerber Los Angeles Review of Books
Author Montell analyzes the social science of cult influence and how leaders of cults use language to exercise power. Reviewer Gerber uses her own childhood cult experience as a window into this complex topic.