The Baffler returns!

No, not some second-rate Batman villian, but the great journal edited by Thomas Frank.

"In my little imagination, I never really felt like The Baffler went away," he said. "I mean, I just got back from the hardware store. I went to buy grass seed. The name of the seed? 'Rebel'! It's like there's almost no point anymore to the word!"

I was big fan of The Baffler back in the day, and am glad to see it return, so much so that I will be a regular subscriber this time instead of sporadically picking it up from the newsstand. My only regret is that, having ceased publication in 2003, it missed the meatiest parts of the Bush administration. The journal's wisdom and common sense would have gone a long way towards comprehending the insanity of that thankfully bygone era.