John Saward
Here Comes a Regular: How Barflies Became My Brothers
Working at a neighborhood bar, I found fraternal love in the arms of drunken strangers.
‘Dynasties’ Is a Timely Reminder That People Are the Worst Animals
The new show voiced by Sir David Attenborough documents the trajectories of animal life in an almost Shakespearean way.
Anthony Bourdain's Radical Intimacy
Bourdain saw food and feasts like a moment in the backseat of a car, with something like eagerness and awe simultaneously.
The Old Man and the Screen
Al Pacino's career is more than a collection of films, it's a memoirish self-commentary.
Steve Bannon's Sad, Desperate Crusade
More than a prophet or a mastermind, Trump's strategist is just an angry, bitter dreamer.
Sean Hannity and the Art of Selling a Mirage
Hannity is an inoffensive looking Trojan horse filled with rancid opinions, making his way to the stage next to presidential candidates.
Knights in Shining Under Armour: Male Calamity on 'The Bachelorette'
If you've ever wondered where reality television falls on the authentic to producer-orchestrated scale, I'll offer Evan to you as an answer, a shriveled, timid man whose craft is resurrecting broken cocks.
Muhammad Ali Taught Us All the Virtue of Arrogance
He represented the idea that you can be the most delusional version of yourself, and no one can stop you, as long as you win.
The Gospel According to Al Green
On Green's seventieth birthday, John Saward takes a look back at the man who could turn an audience to rubble with the sound of his voice.
White Men Can’t Drunk: St. Patrick’s Day and Privilege
If you come to Manhattan on St. Patrick's Day, there are scenes to behold of local-nightly-news B-roll pageantry, but really the day is a calamity, a demolition derby of male ego and the limits of human biology.
Inside the Surreal, Sleepy World of a Ben Carson Rally as His Campaign Falls Apart
Despite consistently poor debate performances and lousy numbers, Ben Carson is still working to be president. Why? And who shows up to hear him speak?