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Author
Patrick Blanchfield
@PatBlanchfield
Patrick Blanchfield’s first book,
Gunpower
, is forthcoming from Verso.
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September 1, 2022
Magazine
Patrick Blanchfield
The Last Days of Sigmund Freud
Danger surrounded Freud in Nazi-occupied Austria. Why did it take him so long to see it?
May 25, 2021
Magazine
Patrick Blanchfield
The Professor Who Became a Cop
Rosa Brooks wanted to fix law enforcement. She decided to become a police officer.
October 13, 2020
Magazine
Patrick Blanchfield
The Town That Went Feral
When a group of libertarians set about scrapping their local government, chaos descended. And then the bears moved in.
March 31, 2020
Magazine
Patrick Blanchfield
Policing and the English Language
The poisonous contradictions of coptalk
August 23, 2018
Patrick Blanchfield
What Makes Hunting So Divisive
Philip Dray’s book traces a fraught history from the colonial era to today’s debates over gun rights and conservation.
December 11, 2017
Patrick Blanchfield
The Brutal Origins of Gun Rights
A new history argues that the Second Amendment was intended to perpetuate white settlers' violence toward Native Americans.
November 2, 2017
Patrick Blanchfield
Trump Is President, But Kevin Spacey Can’t Even Play One on TV
The end of "House of Cards" raises a troubling question: Do we have higher standards for TV politicians than for real ones?
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