Archive - The American Bystander's Viral Load

The American Bystander's Super Bowl Recap

Our intrepid Bob Eckstein watched the game at several NYC locales. Here's his report.

21 hrs ago •

January 2025

Have You Ever Wanted Something So Badly You Almost Gave Up Hope?

The Smartest Humor Magazine in America Returns with Issue 29—Wit, Wisecracks, and a Cover Worth Framing.

Jan 6 •

December 2024

Big News—We’re Back, Baby!

Help Us Keep the World’s Smartest Jokes on Paper, Not Pixels

Dec 12, 2024 •

October 2024

Say No to A Shock-Jock-in-Chief

We aren't an audience to be catered to. We're citizens, and have a job to do.

Oct 29, 2024 •

I feel like a pusher…

Here is an interesting two-part podcast primer on the JFK assassination

Oct 11, 2024 •

More on Lewis Lapham

This is becoming a fan blog, and why the hell not?

Oct 9, 2024 •

The Greatest Story Never Told, Part 1

A brief excerpt from my never-to-be-finished (?) memoir

Oct 2, 2024 •

August 2024

Micropublishing Rules, Part 1

Ultra-short-run publications—like Murder—can be fun

Aug 19, 2024 •

Bigger Isn't Better

If the print revolution comes (again), publishers will have to make one Tiny Leap

Aug 17, 2024 •

Just like that, The Onion goes back into print

Man I should've written that "Print is F*cked" article YEARS ago

Aug 17, 2024 •

Why Print Magazines Are F*cked

Aug 12, 2024 •

Yeah, we're doing fantasy football again

I have a problem. Can we have a problem together?

Aug 9, 2024 •

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