The Outline
Shuja Haider
Hanging on the telephone
The pandemic has turned our social lives into software.
10 recipes for non-bakers with flour and time on their hands
Advice on taking up quarantine's hottest new hobby.
Left to ourselves
Whatever happens, the Bernie Sanders campaign matters because it's part of a movement.
It’s insane that the U.S. doesn’t have paid sick days
During a global pandemic, Congress still wants you to go to work.
Young people should be seen and not heard, say Democrats
Yes, there is a Democratic establishment, and it is at war with its biggest constituency.
How to be a Democrat, according to Republicans
Beware the advice offered by your literal opponent.
The world’s biggest threat to democracy is the Democratic Party
The selection of a nominee has never really been the result of a representative electoral process.
Area Nigerian man not secretly Buttigieg campaign adviser
We spoke to the mysterious Chinedu, who is not Buttigieg senior adviser Lis Smith.
Time for Joe Biden to ride off into the sunset
The macho, swaggering 20th-century American politician is a thing of the past.
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they didn’t rig the Iowa Caucus
Conspiracy theories aren’t always true, but that doesn’t mean something isn’t up.
Don’t leave jazz to the jazz guys
The music is more than a personality trait.
For whom the ratio trolls
Twitter's new “conversation dynamics” tools will benefit only its most elite users.
Who is the world’s No. 1 bad guy?
Opponents of war don’t need to equivocate over the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani.
Barack Obama’s top 10 secret government surveillance programs of 2019
The danger of being too impressed with a powerful man’s good taste.
The Great British Murdering Show
Knives Out is a British mystery with a (fake) American accent.
Pete Buttigieg owes us some answers
Candidates should be accountable to student activists, not corporate donors.
You have to follow the recipe
Baking is not a fucking game.
A not-so-great debate
These Democrats are killing me.
The house liquor of the Muslim world
How Johnnie Walker Black became the favorite drink of the world's biggest religion.
Postmodernism, explained and explained and explained again
You don't need a whole school of philosophy to figure out Trump.
Ignore everyone making political predictions
Pollsters and pundits do not deserve your trust or attention.
It is our moral duty to boo the president
Boo Trump at the World Series. Boo him at the White House. Boo him at McDonald’s!
Are you now or have you ever been a Russian asset?
Accusations of McCarthyism are often confused or meaningless. But not always.
The pundit and the hobo
A conservative op-ed writer mistakes American labor history for a fantasy land.
Mr. President, I am arresting you for Twitter crimes
Kamala Harris’s attempt to put Trump in Twitter Jail reveals the limits of the marketplace of ideas.
He’s not a war criminal, he’s my friend
Big week for pals of very, very bad people.
Bernie Sanders is still running for president
It just took a blocked artery for the political media to notice.
Centrist-child syndrome
Two of the Democratic party’s most proudly moderate candidates seem to still be rebelling against their Marxist dads.
