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Round One kicks off with fiery throwdowns between #1 seed Samuel Tilden and #16 seed James Weaver, Hillary Clinton and Robert La Follette, John McCain and Alf Landon, and more! Find out which eight candidates from our first quarter of ...

If you’ve been following the wider musical discourse over the past month – and if you’ve been reading my What I’ve Been Listening To column – you’ve probably at least heard of Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You, ...

It was a gorgeous February afternoon in downtown Las Vegas – 73 degrees with the sun beaming down on the Arts Districts hipsters as they enjoyed their not-quite-five-o’clock craft beers. But, as with all stories that start this way, when ...

In this week’s installment of the column we review a frontrunner for album of the year, new releases from two indie rock icons, and roll on with our countdown of the best albums of 2021. The New Stuff: Dragon New ...

Michael and Louis watched the Foo Fighters’ horror movie so you don’t have to.

Over these two weeks starting February 21, we are profiling the five most vulnerable incumbent senators up in 2022. We began with New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan, Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson, Arizona’s Mark Kelly, and Georgia’s Raphael Warnock. In this piece, the ...

Lars, Michael, and contributor (and friend of the site) Dan — an expert in East-West relations with an emphasis on Russia — discuss the situation in Ukraine. They unpack what brought the world to the point of Russia’s invasion of ...

It’s time for the play-ins! In our first episode, we’re pitting the 16 third- and fourth-place presidential candidates up against each other to see who will go up against our heavy-hitting seeds in the first round. Can Ralph Nader make ...

Over these two weeks starting February 21, we are profiling the five most vulnerable incumbent senators up in 2022. We began with New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan, Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson, and Arizona’s Mark Kelly. In this piece, the second most vulnerable: ...

Over these two weeks starting February 21, we are profiling the five most vulnerable incumbent senators up in 2022. We began with New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan and Wisconsin’s Ron Johnson. In this piece, the third most vulnerable: Arizona Democrat Mark ...

Starting with New Hampshire’s Maggie Hassan, over these two weeks starting February 21, we are profiling the five most vulnerable incumbent senators up in 2022. In this piece, the fourth most vulnerable: Wisconsin Republican Ron Johnson. In 2010, Ron Johnson ...

Who was the best president we never had? Michael Lovito and Lars Emerson from are dedicated to finding out as they work their way through the ultimate bracket of losing presidential candidates in American history in The Postrider‘s newest podcast. ...

It’s a midterm year, everyone – which means you can expect a wide array of midterm-heavy content from us. You can expect a special emphasis on the race for control of the Senate, which by virtue of Vice President Kamala ...

As of February 17, 2022, only a few remaining states still have mask mandates in any form. The Omicron variant is waning, the public is exhausted, and state governments were anxious to return to some semblance of normal post-pandemic life. ...

It’s reassessment day for our 2024 Republican primary draft. Lars, Chris, and Michael trade barbs (and maybe even candidates) as they reevaluate their rosters at the start of 2022.

I bought tickets to see Waxahatche perform in support of their most recent album, 2020’s Saint Cloud, nearly two years before I actually got to go to the show. They were scheduled to play Washington, DC’s 9:30 Club on April ...

A few years ago, inspired by a trip to the baseball obsessed city of Cincinnati, I ranked all 30 primary MLB logos. To celebrate the Super Bowl and what’s been a thrilling postseason thus far, I’ve decided to do the ...

In this week’s column, we take a look at one of the most talked about albums of the year, an eccentric release from last year, and Part 2 of our Top 20 Albums of 2021. The New Stuff: Dawn FM ...

Lars and Michael ponder and try to answer three existential questions for the Biden administration: why is his approval low? How can he turn those numbers around? And what does it mean for him in three years?

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring this year, giving President Biden his first opportunity to name a nominee for the Supreme Court. Biden had promised during the 2020 campaign (and reaffirmed at a press conference on Thursday) that his ...

Michael, Lars, and Louis review the bizarre fifth season of HBO’s sleeper hit Search Party.

Welcome to a midterm year! In 2022’s first Politics Express, Lars and Michael preview the four ways control of Congress could look at the end of 2022.