Brian Cook was an editor at In These Times from 2003 to 2009. He now works on the editorial staff of Playboy magazine.
Brian started at the magazine as an intern in December 2001, and became editorial assistant in July 2003, and assistant editor in November 2003. In addition to contributing columns on current events, he reviews literature and has written on language in politics for the magazine.
Brian received his B.A. in English Literature from the University of Richmond, Va., in 1999. He has previously worked as a waiter, a personal care assistant at an Alzheimers’ facility, a Chicago Public School substitute teacher and a freelance question writer for Trivial Pursuit.
Accidental Death of an Anarchist?
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Karma Police….
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We’ll Be Right Back With More Racist Fantasies After A Word From Our Sponsors
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Strength in Numbers
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Interview with a Gay Iranian
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“George Bush Don’t Like Black People”
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With Friends Like These….
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Make It Stop
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I Don’t Want to Say ‘We Told You So…’
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[Women and Children—DELETED] First
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The Heart Weeps…
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Finally, Some Truth in Advertising!
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Mistakes Were Made. Lies Were Told.
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Freedom’s On The March
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Pasolini Murder Case Reopened
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One to Gag On
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Herbert Marcuse. Period.
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Live 8’s Not Enough
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White House Mantra of the Day
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The K-Street Emails
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Michael Jackson: A Consideration
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Lose the Faith
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The “Salvador Option” in Action
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No More Books to Cook
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The Vultures of Life
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...And the Poor Get Poorer
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Googlebombing Sean Hannity
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Defeated From the Start
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The Doctor Is Out
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Paranoia will destroy ya
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Next Question, PLEASE!
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Thank God for David Horowitz!
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Skeleton Key to the State of the Union
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The Unbearable Stupidity of Lawrence Summers
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Hipster, Schmipster
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Disasters, Natural and Man-made
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Cause and Effect
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Weekend Blog Roundup
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“The Old Lie”
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Souls for Sale
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Bringing Dystopia to the Middle East
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Branding Cattle
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How Did the GOP Win?
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Man in the Mirror
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War is not Humanitarian
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Sweet Nothings
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Support War Resisters
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And This Didn’t Make the Front Page Because…?
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