Inside the Coke-Fueled Rise and Fall of VICEAug 4
the company didn't die because of investors, sexual harassment charges, or going 'woke' — it died because our founder stopped believing in the product that made us famous
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It's Time to Talk About America's Disorder Problem
violent crime is down, but our cities still feel lawless. here’s what we can do about it.
Charles Fain Lehman
Mar 7, 2025
Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and senior editor of City Journal. Today in Pirate Wires, he examines the causes of American disorder — retail theft, unsheltered homelessness, and visible disarray across U.S. cities. Disorder is more insidious than violent crime, harder to track, and possibly more taboo to discuss. Solutions exist. We just need to implement them.
This piece was originally published in Charles' Substack, The Causal Fallacy.
Inside the Coke-Fueled Rise and Fall of VICE
'Luigi's the Most Beautiful Person': Dispatches from the Mangione MusicalAug 3
a new musical based on the life of luigi mangione seeks to 'interrogate' political violence — the audience celebrated it
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Sorry, Chris Nolan: The Hunter Biden-Nick Fuentes Interview is the Real Cultural Event of the SummerJul 31
a reformed crack fiend and a charismatic online racist walk into a philadelphia motel room…
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