Aaron Wistar
@aaronwistar.bsky.social
Associate Editor, @beaconpress.bsky.social
Words in Jacobin, LA Review Of Books, Current Affairs, and elsewhere.
Words in Jacobin, LA Review Of Books, Current Affairs, and elsewhere.
Big Jim McClain (1952), in which John Wayne stars as a HUAC investigator hunting down communists among labor unions in postwar Hawaii.
November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Big Jim McClain (1952), in which John Wayne stars as a HUAC investigator hunting down communists among labor unions in postwar Hawaii.
The year is 2031. ShamWow guy and My Pillow guy trade barbs in the Republican primary as the Newsmax moderator struggles to get a word in edgewise. The team at Pence-Harris HQ is getting nervous…
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The year is 2031. ShamWow guy and My Pillow guy trade barbs in the Republican primary as the Newsmax moderator struggles to get a word in edgewise. The team at Pence-Harris HQ is getting nervous…
Great news everybody
November 20, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Great news everybody
This will be the first book in English on Jean-Pierre Boyer’s presidency and his coerced agreement to pay a massive, unprecedented indemnity to France—reparations paid to enslavers (and their banks) after the world’s first successful slave revolt. Very excited to work on it.
November 12, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This will be the first book in English on Jean-Pierre Boyer’s presidency and his coerced agreement to pay a massive, unprecedented indemnity to France—reparations paid to enslavers (and their banks) after the world’s first successful slave revolt. Very excited to work on it.
With every Bezos-fueled editorial the tagline reads a little less like a warning and little more like a metal album title.
“Reign in Blood”
“Peace Sells…but Who’s Buying”
“Vulgar Display of Power”
“Democracy Dies in Darkness”
“Reign in Blood”
“Peace Sells…but Who’s Buying”
“Vulgar Display of Power”
“Democracy Dies in Darkness”
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
With every Bezos-fueled editorial the tagline reads a little less like a warning and little more like a metal album title.
“Reign in Blood”
“Peace Sells…but Who’s Buying”
“Vulgar Display of Power”
“Democracy Dies in Darkness”
“Reign in Blood”
“Peace Sells…but Who’s Buying”
“Vulgar Display of Power”
“Democracy Dies in Darkness”
The intersectional solution to the student debt and housing crises that we’ve all been waiting for???
October 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The intersectional solution to the student debt and housing crises that we’ve all been waiting for???
Not a great moment in American politics when the two poles are “je suis Charlie Kirk” and “je suis Jimmy Kimmel”
September 19, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Not a great moment in American politics when the two poles are “je suis Charlie Kirk” and “je suis Jimmy Kimmel”
"Pencils. Everybody loves drawing...writing with one. But where do they come from? Which side do you write with?"
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Pencils. Everybody loves drawing...writing with one. But where do they come from? Which side do you write with?"
Last week I asked to see the gold vault at my local Bank of America branch and they told me the gold bars were “out for cleaning.”
April 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Last week I asked to see the gold vault at my local Bank of America branch and they told me the gold bars were “out for cleaning.”
Book sale at the Audubon center
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Book sale at the Audubon center
Distribution of authors of economics journal articles, c/o @drodrik.bsky.social
January 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Distribution of authors of economics journal articles, c/o @drodrik.bsky.social
AfD: “[Hitler] was a communist socialist guy, full stop, no more comment on that. We are exactly the opposite, the libertarian conservative party.”
Also AfD:
Also AfD:
January 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
AfD: “[Hitler] was a communist socialist guy, full stop, no more comment on that. We are exactly the opposite, the libertarian conservative party.”
Also AfD:
Also AfD:
AfD: “[Hitler] was a communist socialist guy, full stop, no more comment on that. We are exactly the opposite, the libertarian conservative party.”
Also AfD:
Also AfD:
January 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
AfD: “[Hitler] was a communist socialist guy, full stop, no more comment on that. We are exactly the opposite, the libertarian conservative party.”
Also AfD:
Also AfD:
Pamela Paul is deeply concerned that the AHA resolution - which promotes the critical role of historical thinking and research being bombed out of existence in Gaza - will distract from its core mission of "promoting the critical role of historical thinking and research."
January 9, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Pamela Paul is deeply concerned that the AHA resolution - which promotes the critical role of historical thinking and research being bombed out of existence in Gaza - will distract from its core mission of "promoting the critical role of historical thinking and research."
Kids got several globe/map toys for Xmas. Slowly realizing that all show Taiwan as part of China. Soft power of Chinese manufacturing at work!
January 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Kids got several globe/map toys for Xmas. Slowly realizing that all show Taiwan as part of China. Soft power of Chinese manufacturing at work!
I would leave twitter entirely but am afraid of missing out on unbeatable prices
November 13, 2024 at 3:03 PM
I would leave twitter entirely but am afraid of missing out on unbeatable prices