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It’s been used by former President Bill Clinton, Greenpeace, and Vice President JD Vance. It has inspired, and annoyed, generations of music fans.
It’s...
July 25, 2025
William F. Buckley, the godfather of modern conservatism, appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson over a dozen times.
This is a startling fact,...
July 21, 2025
It’s fitting that in his forthcoming book, The Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) quotes Milan Kundera. Kundera is best...
July 16, 2025
Smith was the head of the NFL Players Association from 2009 to2023. On Aug. 5, he will publish a new book: Turf Wars: The Fight for the Soul of America’s...
July 2, 2025
Movie fans who are tired of superhero epics or kids’ movies often call for more adult fare at the cineplex. Yet I’m not sure audiences could handle the realism for which...
June 26, 2025
This year marks the 35th anniversary of the publication of poet Robert Bly’s massive bestseller and ’90s cultural phenomenon, Iron John: A Book About Men....
June 24, 2025
I really wish I could stop reading the Sunday New York Times. The political content is pure communism, but it’s the arts coverage that lures me in every week.
A recent...
May 20, 2025
Catholic scholar Paul Elie has written a penetrating, provocative, and insightful book. In The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s, Elie explores...
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In a 2004 essay called “Social Life, Literary Desires, Literary Corruption,” Norman Mailer examined what he thought was wrong with journalism. It’s been taken over...
May 7, 2025
I’ve just finished reading a review copy of a terrific forthcoming book: You Wanna Be on Top?: A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America’s...
April 22, 2025
About 20 years ago, I attended a symposium at Howard University in Washington, D.C. called, “I Remember U.” The purpose was for scholars to videotape a large group of...
April 18, 2025
A book that should be a part of every high school curriculum in America is Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Safe Your Life by Wynton Marsalis. Marsalis is...
April 3, 2025
It’s understandable why Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story, was ignored by feminists, even though the film was screened in March, which is Women’s History...
March 25, 2025
In the spring of 1985, I walked into my father’s office on the seventh floor of National Geographic and found myself face-to-face with what, arguably, would become...
March 20, 2025
I recently paid a visit to a nearby grocery store. A year ago, I helped build it. I was returning after a break of a few months. It’s time to pick up some shifts for the spring...
March 17, 2025
I wasn’t sure how to write about Colin Vallon. The brilliant Swiss jazz pianist is one of my favorite musicians, and his new album Samares is ravishing. I wanted to...
January 28, 2025
All day is a long time. That’s both an observation and the name of a novel by David Sanchez. The book’s protagonist is a man named David who gets addicted to...
July 30, 2025It’s been used by former President Bill Clinton, Greenpeace, and Vice President JD Vance. It has inspired, and annoyed, generations of music fans. It’s...
July 25, 2025William F. Buckley, the godfather of modern conservatism, appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson over a dozen times. This is a startling fact,...
July 21, 2025It’s fitting that in his forthcoming book, The Last Line of Defense: How to Beat the Left in Court, Senator Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) quotes Milan Kundera. Kundera is best...
July 16, 2025Smith was the head of the NFL Players Association from 2009 to2023. On Aug. 5, he will publish a new book: Turf Wars: The Fight for the Soul of America’s...
July 2, 2025Movie fans who are tired of superhero epics or kids’ movies often call for more adult fare at the cineplex. Yet I’m not sure audiences could handle the realism for which...
June 26, 2025This year marks the 35th anniversary of the publication of poet Robert Bly’s massive bestseller and ’90s cultural phenomenon, Iron John: A Book About Men....
June 24, 2025I really wish I could stop reading the Sunday New York Times. The political content is pure communism, but it’s the arts coverage that lures me in every week. A recent...
May 20, 2025Catholic scholar Paul Elie has written a penetrating, provocative, and insightful book. In The Last Supper: Art, Faith, Sex, and Controversy in the 1980s, Elie explores...
May 14, 2025In a 2004 essay called “Social Life, Literary Desires, Literary Corruption,” Norman Mailer examined what he thought was wrong with journalism. It’s been taken over...
May 7, 2025I’ve just finished reading a review copy of a terrific forthcoming book: You Wanna Be on Top?: A Memoir of Makeovers, Manipulation, and Not Becoming America’s...
April 22, 2025About 20 years ago, I attended a symposium at Howard University in Washington, D.C. called, “I Remember U.” The purpose was for scholars to videotape a large group of...
April 18, 2025A book that should be a part of every high school curriculum in America is Moving to Higher Ground: How Jazz Can Safe Your Life by Wynton Marsalis. Marsalis is...
April 3, 2025It’s understandable why Blue Road: The Edna O’Brien Story, was ignored by feminists, even though the film was screened in March, which is Women’s History...
March 25, 2025In the spring of 1985, I walked into my father’s office on the seventh floor of National Geographic and found myself face-to-face with what, arguably, would become...
March 20, 2025I recently paid a visit to a nearby grocery store. A year ago, I helped build it. I was returning after a break of a few months. It’s time to pick up some shifts for the spring...
March 17, 2025I wasn’t sure how to write about Colin Vallon. The brilliant Swiss jazz pianist is one of my favorite musicians, and his new album Samares is ravishing. I wanted to...
January 28, 2025All day is a long time. That’s both an observation and the name of a novel by David Sanchez. The book’s protagonist is a man named David who gets addicted to...
