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

Table of Success

Pay as You Go • The socialist cash that collected capitalist trash

Arches

Rough Passage • Marine insurance takes a shot across the bow

Canticle for the Lantern Fly: Crushing It

Jack Squat • On reality television, all tenants are squatters

Where the rag-swaddled beggar walks

The Pollycrisis • Feral parakeets flock to London

Brick by Brick • An ancient construction material in an Iran under sanctions

Modern Climes

After the War • The new country had paths galore

WHAT IS YOUR PREFERRED MUSICAL GENRE?

Bridges and Bullets • The militarization of Mexico

Again and again

The Beer Wars • Inside the scramble to control Central Africa’s liquid gold

Pork Futures • How should we save our swine?

Sweat Gets in Your Eyes • The walking cure

Bafflomathy (No. 86)