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I've been a fan of the Baffler since around issue #8. It's the only thing I subscribe to, and is worth a read from cover to cover (though I tend not to be a fan of much of their fiction.) The highlights of this issue are Thomas Frank's spot on essay on why the Occupy movement failed, and Rick Perlstein's essay about swindler Richard Viguerie's role in the rise of fact-averse conspiracy-minded modern conservatism.
The usual great writing, great attitude. What a fun journal.
I've been reading the Baffler since the early 90s. It's quite simply one of the consistently very best periodicals for those with a tendency toward critical thinking and an intellectual but irreverent analysis of late capitalism, politics, consumerism, and the media. It's like Harper's times one hundred. It's wonderful.That said, every time I read an issue, it angers and saddens me with almost every page, just like Harper's does but 100 times worse. There is of course the geeky enjoyment of seei...
