The Baffler

The Baffler, est. 1988, is a magazine of art, criticism, and political analysis, publishing bimonthly print issues as well as daily online dispatches.

The Baffler

Been There, Done That

Wrenching the Ranchers • Roaming public lands with a livestock saboteur

Alien by Design • Nigeria’s native expatriates

Sans Merci • The French far right co-opts feminism

Blame It on Kane • Why is the mayor of Knox County a professional wrestler?

From The Streamers

Down by the River • Polycrisis comes to Kathmandu

Denzel

Chipper • I recommend you find some better company

CLOSE RANGE

The Mismeasure of Bhutan • Ethnic cleansing in the happiest country in the world

Go Jump in a Snake Pit

House of the Rising Hun • Manipulations of historical memory in Orbán’s Hungary

Better Living Through Disaster • Prepping for the end of the world at the edge of civilization

And They’re Off • Seasonal labor at the Saratoga Race Course

Once I Was a Great Bullfighter

Bafflomathy (No. 78)