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Michael Moynihan is a former cultural news editor at The Daily Beast.
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Trumpâs Secret? Americans Love Bullsh*t
Medicine ShowThis isnât complicated. Lots of us love stupid miracle curesâespecially when celebrities are hawking them.

Bernieâs Deep Ties to Despots
SANDERISTASAs mayor of Burlington, Sanders praised the regimes of Nicaragua and Cubaâclaiming bread lines were a sign of economic health and press censorship was necessary in wartime.

GOP Debate Dunces Think Weâre Stupid
FLUNKEDThese candidates think they should be elected to the most powerful position on Earth and yet none of them have any idea what is going on in the world.

Labour PR Headâs a Soviet Apologist
OstalgieThe Labour Partyâs new head of communications is so radically weird, he has to be a Tory plant.

Mafia Authorâs Plagiarism Problem
Literary Louses<p>Roberto Savianoâs new book on organized crime, <i>ZeroZeroZero</i>, contains numerous instances of apparent plagiarism, along with interviews with âsourcesâ who may not actually exist.</p>

Michael Moynihan on âReal Time with Bill Maherâ
The Daily Beastâs Columnist appeared on September 11âs âReal Time with Bill Maherâ along side Linda Chavez and Salman Rushdie. They discussed the European refugee crisis, Rick Perry, and Donald Trump.

Whitewashing the Black Panthers
Hagiographers of the World, Unite!A new PBS documentary tries to excuse a murderous and totalitarian cult.

Literary Elite Takes on Dead Journalists
French Satire ExpertsHitler. Goebbels. Hebdo. Really? Can the PEN members boycotting Tuesdayâs Courage Award for the slain French satirists really not tell the difference between racism and mocking racism?

Gunter Grass Was a Finger-Wagging Scold
Mr. Moral Compass<p><i>The Tin Drum</i>, his masterpiece, was his only good novel. The rest of the time the late German Nobelist could hardly stop lecturing us long enough to tell a story.</p>

Castroâs Hipster Apologists
IMPERIALLY DUMBThe thawing of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba has elicited a lot of patronizing, asinine fretting about the imminent âAmericanizationâ of Cuba.
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