Dwight Garner: “The thin crust of American intellectual life, long flaking, has begun to show bald patches”

The American Pope vs. the American President

Long Before the Canal, Global Trade Built Panama City

The Age of American Caesarism

Don't Care Bears and Intellectual Property Law

Thought Experiment: It's 2030, and the Newsom Justice Department Indicts a Conservative Group for Paying Antifa Leaders

Nathalie Baye (1948 – 2026) French Film and Stage Actor

Guitar Hero

Michael Harrison (1958 – 2026) Contemporary Classical Composer

Grace Against Gravity and the Physics of Vulnerability: How Birds Fly and Why They Flock in a V Formation

We Cannot Harden the World Against Every Attacker

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

The erasure of Black Studies. Facing political pressure, universities are turning their backs on Black intellectual life 

Do These Centenarians Hold the Key to Long Life in Their Blood?

The war between writers and editors can be long, brutish, and nasty. "Every semicolon was a matter of life or death”

The Eternal Lyric of Love and Loss: “Goodnight Moon” Author Margaret Wise Brown’s Little-Known Poems for the Tragic Love of Her Life

The novelist George Sand dressed like a man, took a male name and went through lovers like a rake. The life and the work cannot be disentangled 

Jan Morris: A Life

Redrawing the Map of American Prosperity

Hans von Spakovsky, Formerly of the Heritage Foundation, Joins Advancing American Freedom

Walt Whitman’s Advice on Living a Vibrant and Rewarding Life

Ken Burns: The Art of the American Revolution