No. 20 past issue as Steven Cohen demonstrates in

as Steven Cohen demonstrates in the case of Colombia’s coca farmers

Gwyneth Paltrow’s personal snake oil factory

Far be it from Team Baffler to prescribe a reformist blueprint

as bookstore sales went way up

Other modes of cultural expression are likewise descending into ossified

No. 20 past issue as Steven Cohen demonstrates inIn our summer culture issue, we bring you decomposing cities that tremble with vibrancy, art museums where cash and carry aesthetics are the rule, journalists on the endless education of the president, and imperial foundations and their pet broadcasters on public radio. Where else can you learn why Eugenia Williamson thinks Ira Glasss This American Life is so annoying, or take in Steve Almond on the lame, postideological pantomiming of Jon Stewart and