Attila Invictus
In the eighth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the Huns’ increasingly violent incursions into the Eastern half of the Roman Empire.
Herbert Bushman
· 19 min read
Identity Satiation
Some rarely discussed phenomena can shed light on why the focus on identity and introspection has coincided with a rise of mental health issues, including identity disorders.
Brandon McMurtrie
· 6 min read
Raymond Aron and the Art of Politics
For Aron, politics is the art of living together, the art of the possible, and requires an “acute awareness” of the limitations of our power to influence reality.
Alan S. Rome
· 13 min read
The Amityville Horror—A 50-Year Old Lie That Won’t Die
Jay Anson’s haunted-house yarn was a highly lucrative hoax, but it struck a popular chord amid the financial precarity of 1970s America.
Kevin Mims
· 26 min read
On Sin and Repentance
Our secular ideas about guilt and absolution distort the language and values of Christianity.
Marilyn Simon
· 9 min read
Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny Fight Fascism
The animation industry was perhaps the United States’ most potent cultural weapon during World War II.
Jacob Bielecki
· 15 min read
Beginning in Gladness, Ending in Madness
1900–1950 was a golden age of literary eccentricity.
Stephen Akey
· 14 min read
Motorpsycho Nightmare
Robert Pirsig’s insufferable cult novel about philosophy and bike maintenance turns 50.
Kevin Mims
· 18 min read
In the Country of Last Things
A look back at the work and impressively productive life of Brooklyn’s most famous resident, Paul Auster.
David Cohen
· 14 min read
On Biology and Politics
Why the Left must take human evolution seriously.
Patrick Whittle
· 22 min read
The Best Picture Nominees, 2024
A look at the ten nominees for this year’s Best Picture Oscar.
Allan Stratton
· 17 min read
Beware the Little Lambs
Nietzsche warned us about the dangers of defining our values in opposition to something else.
Ben Turtel
· 7 min read
Getting Better All the Time
Hannah Ritchie’s new book offers reasons to be cheerful about the present and the future.
Sean Welsh
· 12 min read
The Road Out of Nowhere
A new book celebrates Springsteen’s stark 1982 classic, ‘Nebraska.’
Matt Hanson
· 6 min read
To Winter, With Love
The cold allows me to feel alive.
Marilyn Simon
· 7 min read