“In order to consolidate McCarthyism in the absence of its figurehead, Buckley did what enterprising intellectuals with a family fortune do: he founded a magazine.” — Thomas Meaney www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

“Jenn Budd, a former Border Patrol senior agent, calls Bovino ‘the Liberace of the Border Patrol’ for his flamboyant behavior and the camera crews that trail him on raids…” — Dan Mihalopoulos & Lauren FitzPatrick
www.wbez.org/immigration/...

the room is so silent for Trump's lie-fest in Davos that you could hear someone fart

“It’s definitely a nerd Bible. Record nerds unite! We didn’t want it to be an academic tome. We wanted it to be joyful. We wanted to exemplify what the music meant to us, and it was this idea of excitement and joy and good energy…” — Thurston Moore
thequietus.com/interviews/s...

“It’s a natural law that every Republican president will make the previous one look good. Trump has run the table.” — Greil Marcus
www.thetonearm.com/the-world-br...

trump getting his feelings hurt by european leaders is the culmination of this new type of guy that emerged in the last decade or so: guy who goes out of his way to be a huge asshole who then gets really offended when the people he's being an asshole to don't like him

“For me, the purpose of punk was to be creative and do something for yourself. I was a toilet cleaner, then five minutes later I’m trashing a guitar on stage and girls find me attractive. So punk was my saviour.” — Captain Sensible
www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

“Union members are being detained commuting to and from work, tearing apart families. Parents are being forced to stay home, students held out of school, fearing for their lives, all while the employer class remains silent.” — Chelsie Glaubitz Gabiou, of the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation

“Nobody ever talked about this among my fellow coaches. Nobody.” — Fran Dunphy
www.inquirer.com/sports/la-sa...

”The reason we continue is strictly because the music keeps improving.” — Ralph Towner www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/a...