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This Was Only Going to End One Way

I didn't need to know specifically that a sexual assault allegation would be why Graham Platner never sets foot in the U.S. Senate. Something was always…

3 hrs ago • Jeremy Fassler

June 2026

"Smoothgroin" Is Just Fancy Incel-Speak

The latest line of attack against Graham Platner's critics could have emerged from the swamps of Reddit.

Jun 12 • Jeremy Fassler

The Badgers Didn't Make Us Nazis - A Tribute to the Old Internet

The videos I grew up on didn't make my generation into Nazis.

Jun 8 • Jeremy Fassler

Artists Who Deserve Honorary Oscars

Some food for thought for Academy members in the future.

Jun 5 • Jeremy Fassler

Graham Platner and the Rise of Democratic Toxic Masculinity

Platner is the latest manifestation of a fear that Democrats are too feminine.

Jun 1 • Jeremy Fassler

April 2026

100 Film Moments That Stay With Me

Limiting this to 100 is hard. I tried my best.

Apr 28 • Jeremy Fassler

Yes, Hasan Piker, The Soviet Union Was Bad

Piker said this week that the Soviet Union’s collapse was “a catastrophe.”

Apr 17 • Jeremy Fassler

The Moscow Diaries: From Page to Stage

Or: They shouldn't have cut the giant black cat from The Master and Margarita.

Apr 9 • Jeremy Fassler

The Moscow Diaries: Meyerhold, Stanislavsky and the Death of Theater

Or: How my least favorite class in Russia put me in touch with true evil.

Apr 1 • Jeremy Fassler

March 2026

Two Prosecutors

Sergei Loznitsa's latest film depicts the Kafkaesque legal nightmare of the Soviet Union.

Mar 27 • Jeremy Fassler

The Moscow Diaries: "Who Censored Laura Palmer?"

Or: How the Russia's religious right protested a play which climaxed with a Twin Peaks homage

Mar 19 • Jeremy Fassler

The Six-Month Witch Hunt Ends: The 98th Academy Awards

Oscar season now finds the villain first, and finds the best second.

Mar 16 • Jeremy Fassler

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