Stop Calling James Harden a Choker. The Rockets Might Lose to the Warriors but It’s Not About Being “Clutch.”
Slate 14 May 2018
HBO’s Admirable New Elvis Documentary Would Have Benefited From More Suspicious Minds
Slate 10 April 2018
The Virginia Cavaliers Are Slow and Sometimes Boring and Amazing to Watch
Slate 14 March 2018
The Cavaliers Just Blew Up Their Team to Please LeBron James. It Probably Won’t Work.
Slate 18 February 2018
The Entire NBA Has Been Afflicted by Warriors Derangement Syndrome
Slate 26 January 2018
Revisit the ’92 Celtics and the Geto Boys in This Lively, Flawed First Novel
Slate 24 January 2018
Why Are We Suddenly So Tired of Our Biggest Pop Stars?
Slate 25 December 2017
Eminem’s New Album Is a Fiery and Much Needed Denunciation of Trump. It’s Also Terrible.
Slate 19 December 2017
Charles Manson Embodied the Worst of the 1960s–and Every Era Since
Slate 20 November 2017
The Unknowable Joni Mitchell
The Atlantic (November 2017 issue) 1 November 2017
Ever Wonder Why Rolling Stone Gives So Many Raves to Washed-Up Rockers? A New Book Reveals All.
Slate 23 October 2017
The Concert for Charlottesville Was a Night of Stars, Tears, and Vague Platitudes
Slate 25 September 2017
The Parts of Stephen King’s It the Movie Shouldn’t Have Omitted (No, Not the Child Sex Orgy)
Slate 11 September 2017
The War on Drugs’ New Album Doesn’t Reinvent the Wheel. Instead, It Nearly Perfects It.
Slate 24 August 2017
Rumble Explores the Influence of Native Americans on Rock. Turns Out It’s Too Big for One Movie.
Slate 18 August 2017
UVA Is a Deeply Imperfect Place. Last Night’s Vigil Was the School at Its Best.
Slate 17 August 2017
Jay Z’s Juicy New Album Is Both His Best in Years and a Savvy Hustle
Slate 1 July 2017
With His New Album Big Fish Theory, Vince Staples Proves He’s Big Enough for Any Pond
Slate 26 June 2017
Mobb Deep’s Prodigy Was Hip-Hop’s Greatest Poet of Fear
Slate 21 June 2017
The Trouble with Building a Rock-Writing Canon
New Yorker 8 June 2017