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Check out Tom Chitty with Jason Chatfield!
...and with Baron Eugene Von Schoogenheimer, to boot
Mar 27
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Michael Gerber
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Spring Training
Today in the little Victorian town outside Philadelphia where I am staying—a town whose main street not fifty yards away boasts both an “Opera House…
Mar 12
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Michael Gerber
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A New Book from Tom Chitty
Bystander's first original book begins with a Baron and a city full of things worth noticing.
Mar 11
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Laura Fox
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Safe and Sane in the Age of Epstein
A reader asks, "Why do you mistrust the tools of the historian?"
Feb 4
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Michael Gerber
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From the archive: Michael Gerber on satire
An essay from Issue No. 3—written in late 2016—on satire, politics, and cultural temperature.
Feb 3
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Laura Fox
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How to Think About Conspiracies
Staying Sane in the Age of Epstein
Feb 2
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Michael Gerber
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No Charges Filed
BOB ECKSTEIN can be found on his Substack, The Bob.The American Bystander is a print-first humor magazine.
Jan 27
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Laura Fox
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Issue #31
Issue 31 of The American Bystander is now available.
Dec 23, 2025
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Laura Fox
The Man Behind the Curtain
Just trying to make myself feel a little better.
Dec 17, 2025
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Michael Gerber
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