Sam MatherWho said “Nazism is colonialism applied to Europe”?It’s a good, jarring line that takes a minute to unpack, condensing two of the world’s most notorious “international wrongs” (Auden’s…Dec 2, 2018Dec 2, 2018
Sam MatherThe Front BottomsThe Front Bottoms are very much in a tradition I think of as running from Joy Division to LCD Soundsystem and the National.Jun 27, 2017Jun 27, 2017
Sam MatherFood for ThoughtThere is an entirely correct panic going around about the parallels between Trump’s very public “deal” with Carrier and Putin’s regular way…Dec 17, 2016Dec 17, 2016
Sam MatherinCase in PointeThe Shadow of the SunRyszard Kapuscinski’s The Shadow of the Sun is a book of rare style and wisdom. Poland’s first ever foreign correspondent, Kapuscinski…Dec 8, 2016Dec 8, 2016
Sam MatherinCase in PointeRosa Luxemburg was Funny, Unfairly ForgottenLectures on political economy are not known for their wit or drama, and I opened my copy of Rosa Luxemburg’s Introduction à l’économie…Nov 4, 20161Nov 4, 20161
Sam MatherinCase in PointeThe Week Link — 10/14/16How to listen to classical music, why to listen to punk music; the economics of tax evasion and the gender pay gap; and an election updateOct 14, 2016Oct 14, 2016
Sam MatherinCase in PointeAnton Chekhov: Basically a SaintI was thinking about Nabokov’s lecture on Anton Chekhov this morning, because it is a reliable way to feel inspired and moved. After being…Oct 4, 2016Oct 4, 2016
Sam MatherinCase in PointeThe Week Link — 9/16/16This week: sex with Neanderthals, theology, and psychology studies about small talkSep 16, 2016Sep 16, 2016
Sam MatherinCase in PointeSo Long, SovereigntyWendy Brown’s Walled States, Waning Sovereignty is a good book — not great, it’s repetitive and sometimes hard to follow — but genuinely…Sep 2, 2016Sep 2, 2016
Sam MatherinCase in PointeThe Week Link — 9/2/16Football conference realignment stories, private prison abuses, and a heroic poetSep 2, 2016Sep 2, 2016