No. 21 magazine And Nathaniel Friedman challenges liberal

And Nathaniel Friedman challenges liberal America’s fetish for the “imperfect” politician

recently they’ve left a lot to be desired

our writers mine borderlands and boxing rings

cling to a darkly Platonic arrangement wherein a class of elites with diminishing value is propped up as skillful and professional while other workers are made expendable

No. 21 magazine And Nathaniel Friedman challenges liberalIn the third and last issue of our revival year, Thomas Frank tells you how theory met practice in Occupy Wall Street (and drove it out of its mind), Rick Perlstein explains how Mitt Romney lies to be loved, and David Graeber asks whether its possible to think that you believe something when, in fact, you dont, or to think that you dont believe something when, in fact, you do? (Answer: yes and yes.) The issue delivers original writing on politics,