Who Owns An Idea? | Defector
Standing in front of Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings, I felt my body go all fuzzy. My eyes followed the precise...
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Tom-Tom C’est Moi | Defector
The first time I took music lessons, the teacher fell asleep. We were in a strip mall, in one of those...
Let’s Remember Some Dad | Defector
If you see me describing an episode of The Distraction as "a very special episode," I am almost certainly joking....
Pete Rose, All-American | Defector
After Pete Rose's death was announced on Monday night, a lot of clever microphone addicts opened their obligatory thumbnail summaries...
Woof, The Angels | Defector
This is the story White Sox fans have been waiting for all year. That year is almost over, and the...
Boat Guy Has Balls | Defector
McCovey Cove Dave likes attention. You might have noticed this from his shirt that says "McCovey Cove Dave," or his...
Hey, Look! It’s Points! | Defector
It's been two weeks now, and we're convinced: Everyone in the NFL is just playing to get to 20, and...
Bill Belichick, America’s Sweetheart | Defector
In the modern entertainment environment, the space between “killing on stage” and full-saturation overkill is collapsing quickly. This puts upstart...
The Gang’s All Here! | Defector
Somewhere on the seafloor of an oceanic canyon near Vancouver Island in 2022, scientists dropped a bundle of video and...
Skink Outside The Box | Defector
Most skinks look like skinks, by which I mean that most of the 1,500 or so species in the family...
Stupid And Contagious | Defector
Welcome to Margin of Error, a politics column from Tom Scocca, editor of the Indignity newsletter, examining the apocalyptic politics and coverage...
Run, Hide, Fight, Die | Defector
Hey, teachers going back to work and parents of kids going to class for another school year, the FBI's got...
Lost In The Olympics | Defector
In the most basic sense, it is tough to say that "watching sports" is something that a person can be...
The Defector Summer Interns Say Farewell
Defector has unfortunately reached the end of its time with our amazing interns, Heather Chen and Owen Lewis. Here they...
Defector At The Theater: A Revamped ‘Cats’ Is Better Than Ever
If you're a Pal-level subscriber at Defector, you get access to a premium weekday newsletter called The Cipher, which has...
