Here Comes the Bite
Peter Benchley’s ‘Jaws’ turns 50.
Kevin Mims
· 24 min read
Make Way for the Jesuits
In the seventeenth instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ Greg Koabel describes how The Society of Jesus became a powerful player in the colonization of North America.
Greg Koabel
· 25 min read
Bestseller Reparations
In ‘American Fiction,’ director Cord Jefferson brings a devil-may-care effrontery to bear on the culture of self-censorship, progressive pieties, and artistic hypocrisy.
Thomas Larson
· 7 min read
A Gathering of the Huns
In the seventh instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes how disparate Hunnic tribes coalesced into the unified force that would terrorize Europe.
Herbert Bushman
· 16 min read
Master of Reality
“Things were bleak, they really were. Yet nobody was singing about that side of life, which is why we thought we should.”
George Case
· 8 min read
Sex Differences in the Brain and the Mind
Men’s and women’s brains are biased to notice and process different aspects of the social and physical world.
David C. Geary
· 12 min read
Leonard Bernstein Deserved Better Than ‘Maestro’
Netflix somehow managed to turn the most talented, beloved, and complex American musician in history into a two-dimensional domestic villain.
Daniel Lelchuk
· 9 min read
Huck Finn or Uncle Tom?
These great books should be read together, for each illuminates a different part of the American character.
Tim DeRoche
· 8 min read
Intelligence and Health Outcomes
The importance of cognitive ability to disparities in human health is being overlooked.
Robert J. Morris
· 9 min read
The Laurentian Coalition Takes Root
In the 16th instalment of ‘Nations of Canada,’ historian Greg Koabel describes how Samuel de Champlain overcame a decade of frustration by finally establishing a successful French fur-trading monopoly.
Greg Koabel
· 25 min read
Robert Kemp Adair (1924–2020)—Notes on a Friendship
Reflections on the life and work of a superb scientist, for whom integrity and rigor were paramount.
Geoffrey C. Kabat
· 19 min read
The Elgin Marbles: Playing for Keeps
The Ancient Greek sculptures are a bellwether of where the “decolonization” of museums is headed.
James Kierstead
· 14 min read
Stupidity as Moral Negligence
Those guilty of political stupidity do not necessarily suffer from a lack of reasoning skills.
J.P. de Ruiter
· 9 min read
A Dense Thicket of Contending Visions
In his latest novel, Tom Piazza imagines the finest meeting of American minds never to have happened.
Matt Hanson
· 6 min read
Western Europe’s Forgotten Nightmare
In a new book, Rachel Chrastil artfully illuminates the history of the 1870 Franco-Prussian War, in all its senseless horror.
Jonathan Kay
· 14 min read