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Ryan Kearney

Ryan Kearney is the executive editor of NewRepublic.com. He has been an editor at Politico and TBD.com, and a staff writer at the New Haven Advocate and Pitchfork.com. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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April 3, 2024
Ryan Kearney
America’s Worst Airport Deserves the Name of America’s Worst President
Washington Dulles International is a hellhole that makes Americans despair and strikes terror into foreigners—just like Donald Trump.
February 15, 2018
Ryan Kearney
This Is the Real “American Carnage”
The most apocalyptic problem facing the nation is its mass-shooting epidemic.
May 31, 2016
Ryan Kearney
The Radiohead Racket
The real mystery behind Thom Yorke's lyrics: How come everyone thinks they're so profound?
February 15, 2016
Ryan Kearney
Is This the Greatest Film Ever Made About the Amazon?
Oscar nominee "Embrace of the Serpent" is as surreal as "Fitzcarraldo," but without the exploitation.
August 26, 2015
Ryan Kearney
This Man Is Not Vester Flanagan, and the Media Put His Life in Danger
August 12, 2015
Ryan Kearney
The Lesson of Geno Smith’s Broken Jaw
Society depends on the enforcement of debt. Without it, there’s chaos.
April 1, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Scott Walker’s “Aversion” to Dogs Proves He’s Human After All
A letter of sympathy—and support—to the Wisconsin governor
March 9, 2015
Ryan Kearney
Stop Sleep-Shaming Us, Tim Cook
December 17, 2014
Ryan Kearney
People Who Worry the U.S. Will “Spoil” Cuba Are Fetishizing Poverty
December 12, 2014
Ryan Kearney
Pope Francis Says Dogs Go to Heaven, Fails to Mention the Bible Hates Dogs
October 30, 2014
Ryan Kearney, Hillary Kelly
Which Is Scarier, Clowns or Zombies? A Debate to the Death.
May 21, 2014
Ryan Kearney
This Video of a Mobbed Subway Station in Brazil Should Frighten World Cup Fans
Video is available for this article
April 18, 2014
Ryan Kearney
Many Reservations
Anthony Bourdain has become the celebrity he loved to hate
February 17, 2014
Ryan Kearney
The Wall Street Journal Wages War on Sochi, Russia
February 14, 2014
Ryan Kearney
Death to Cupid
Love is not "all you need." Far from it.
January 30, 2014
Ryan Kearney
The Only Thing Worse Than the Super Bowl Is the Puppy Bowl
Against the tyranny of cuteness
December 16, 2013
Ryan Kearney
Conservatives Should Hate Santa Claus. He’s a Bleeding-Heart Liberal.
December 11, 2013
Ryan Kearney
Malcolm Gladwell Thinks We Are All Laughing to Our Deaths
December 10, 2013
Ryan Kearney
Obamacare Is Obama's Katrina, Iraq, Vietnam, Apartheid, and Civil War—Combined
October 31, 2013
Ryan Kearney
This Classic Photo From the Red Sox' Victory Could Have Been Taken in 1918

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