Dania Rajendra asks why it took a hundred years for football to take up the passing game, an inertia mirrored in that other neoliberal war game: Democratic politics.

Robin James sees corporations monetize liminal space—an eerie vibe and a state of systemic failure—and then sell you a way out of it, turning empty public space into private crises.

Annette LePique on Fight Club, Rumblr, and the enduring marketing appeal of masculinity in crisis