Walter Kirn @walterkirn
Editor-at-Large @CountyHwy Co-host @AmericaWeek w/@mtaibbi Books: Blood Will Out, Up in the Air, Thumbsucker, Mission to America, etc walterkirn.substack.com Joined June 2009-
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Excerpt from America This Week, Episode 86 Walter and Matt discuss "The Magic Shop," by H.G. Wells. racket.news/p/the-magic-sh…
"Enter the Dragon" might be a cleverer store name. But "Freddy's Reptiles" has a more approachable ring to it Charleston, Avenue Las Vegas
‘𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎'𝓇𝑒 𝓉𝓇𝓎𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝑜 𝓅𝒶𝓈𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝒻𝒻 𝑜𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝒾𝓉...’ @mtaibbi & @walterkirn take on the new ‘adults and children’ model of governance thats emerging, on the latest ‘America this Week’ Podcast.
This piece about the attempt to destroy @PENamerica is exactly right. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
Brilliant take away from this week show everybody’s either a Hitler or a Churchill – what could be further from the truth @walterkirn @reason @mtaibbi @SamWangPhD @JohnStossel @tylercowen podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ame…
"Mike Johnson gets a gold star for selling out his voters." incredible #AmericaThisWeek with @mtaibbi and @walterkirn . This is almost the only place where there are real discussions about what is going on in the country under all our noses. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ame…
America This Week, April 26, 2024: "The Magic Weekend" In which @walterkirn and I worry over the "uneasy coalition" seizing control of congress, and imposing a new adults-and-children model of governance. Also, "The Magic Shop," by H.G. Wells open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/a…
America and Europe are equally poor. Higher wage and GDP figures for the U.S. are overblown and fail to capture America's dwindling public wealth. Europe is now on a trajectory to get poorer, but isn't there yet. Read the new article by @mmjukic here: palladiummag.com/2024/04/26/ame…
My 2009 review of the nonfiction book, Methland, about an Iowa small town ravaged by economic and social forces beyond its power to control. The book is great, its story at least as relevant now as then. via @nytimes nytimes.com/2009/07/05/boo…
Of the last few American wars, which would you fight again?
First they came for TikTok, but you weren't on TikTok Etcetera
We will need a new Charles Dickens to explore the plight of those left behind
We will need a new Charles Dickens to explore the plight of those left behind
Pretty tired after another long day of training the AIs to model and then replace me
Reporting from somewhere near Orderville, Utah for @countyhwy I have a story you won't believe. Really. Next issue. Please subscribe. CountyHighway.com
Good Especially for the young via @nytimes nytimes.com/2024/04/23/bus…
Friends: If you're in Las Vegas this Sunday, April 28th, come hear us talk about Las Vegas!! I'll be in conversation with artist Matthew Day Jackson and museum director Heather Harmon. Organized by @Spiegelworld. 2pm @BeverlyTheater. Come out! Bring questions! It'll be fun. ✨🥂
Redefine plagiarism as authorship and it's just AI chat crap from here till doomsday That will be our "culture"
We don't need to wonder what a nation ruled by people who think like Katherine Maher would look like: it already happened in Canada
We don't need to wonder what a nation ruled by people who think like Katherine Maher would look like: it already happened in Canada
Marginalize & demonize It's an industrial political process now, & the mills never stop. They run all day & night
Marginalize & demonize It's an industrial political process now, & the mills never stop. They run all day & night
I’ve been behind since I hit the road a few months back, but hit the jackpot at Asheville’s Downtown Books & News @countyhwy
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In a sane society, this would have ended his career.
@walterkirn Can't wait for the Tyrus franchise opportunities in exotic breeding for large nerds & wrestlers?
This is ridiculously inflammatory @reason @mtaibbi @walterkirn @RepKiley @WSJ
This is a heartwarming story for the winner/cancer patient, but also a bit heartbreaking for American healthcare. Hey @walterkirn what do you think?
Oregon Powerball winner to use $1.3B jackpot on cancer treatment, new home 11alive.com/article/news/l…
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Shortly after Covid started, in July of 2020, my father died. Before I ended the call with my stepmom, who called me when my my father collapsed, my girlfriend already had the car packed. She knew what to do, and I didn’t need to say anything. By the time I hung up the phone,…
@mysteriouskat it sure clarifies who the joiners are at least
@walterkirn Mr. Kirn, on a different note, I'm offering my modest contribution to the ongoing... er... debate?! about AI generated art, or whatever. I'm using it basically a toy, for fun and, as it happens, some curious effects. My first effort is here: lucabaptista.substack.com/p/if-great-art…
@walterkirn Home of the perfect, not meal, but pet. Freddy, you've passed my first test.
@walterkirn In Texas, we have Snake Farm located between New Braunfels and San Antonio. It's frequently crowded. When I pass it on a drive from Austin to San Antonio, I always tell my wife: "Like a good neighbor, Snake Farm is there."
@walterkirn I hope the owner got a "L" of a discount on the signage.
@walterkirn 'i'd like to introduce you to my reptile guy, freddy'
@walterkirn My dream would be that the proprietor of a store such as this would look like this
@walterkirn Thankfully, what happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas.