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We Also Need Democracy in Aesthetics January 21, 2025

In a new book entitled BACKBONE: Why American Populism Should Be Welcomed, Not Feared, author Karl Zinsmeister reports on middle Americans living all across the country, and why they want dramatic change in the direction of our country. He examines p...

Vivienne September 12, 2024

Vesta Furio is grinding her teeth as she often does in the deep sleep hour before waking. Franz, whom her father named after the artist Franz Kline, sleeps beside her, and the crepuscular sounds emanating from her mouth stir him awake. He leaves the ...

Celebrating the Centennial of the Most Underappreciated American of Our Time September 06, 2024

The following essay is adapted from the recently released book Lessons in Liberty: Thirty Rules for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans (HarperCollins)  September 7th marks the one-hundredth birthday of one of the most extraordinary and inspiring...