california For sale: (1) California ghost town Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Hollywood hypocrites tearing America apart and rioters battling to destroy the United States, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Republicans Do you have what it takes to be this guy's "Awesome Republican Goddess?" Take the quiz! Thom Dunn

afghanistan Afghanistan: U.S. drone kills 30 farm workers sitting around a campfire after pine nut harvest Xeni Jardin

camping I love this MSR Alpine kitchen knife Jason Weisberger

finance Chase credit cards quietly reintroduce the binding arbitration clauses they were forced to eliminate a decade ago Cory Doctorow

fake news Royal feud, Cosby’s hell, Aniston trapped, and alternate universes, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

picks Brett Kavanaugh called Hillary Clinton a bitch Rob Beschizza

tyrants Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte says "beautiful women" are to blame for rape crisis Mark Frauenfelder

music Debussy, but EPIC for the new Godzilla trailer Andrea James

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

travel I owe Anthony Bourdain so much Seamus Bellamy

podcasts John Hodgman and others read the After On audiobook Rob Reid

solidarity A generation after American "libertarians" helped with mass disappearances, torture and murder of left-wing activists, Frente Amplio surge in Chilean elections Cory Doctorow

books Less than Human, More than Human Jasmina Tesanovic

Nixon Let's deconstruct Nixon's "Resignation Lunch," shall we? Mark Dery

mental illness It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: Trumpcare’s dangerous impact on mental health care Maureen Herman

1990s The glorious inelegance of the 1990s family computer Jess Kimble Leslie

authors Grant Morrison interview: "Laughter can banish any and all demons" Propaganda Anonymous

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza