Blood, Sweat, and Gasoline The story of Hollywood’s most unlikely blockbuster franchise, Mad Max. Allan Stratton 5 Jun 2024 · 21 min read
The Perfect Trifecta The new attention economy will always privilege the lowest common denominator in performance art, as it does in everything else. Julia Friedman 4 Jun 2024 · 8 min read
Unbowed but Gravely Wounded Salman Rushdie’s new memoir, ‘Knife,’ describes the assassination attempt its author survived and offers a moving contemplation of mortality. Paul Berman 3 Jun 2024 · 15 min read
The Future of the Space Industry The privatisation of space travel is cutting the cost of rocket launches and powering innovation. Rainer Zitelmann 26 May 2024 · 12 min read
The Problem with Utopias The history of utopian fiction proves that we can’t even imagine a better world. Ewan Morrison 23 May 2024 · 15 min read
Imposing Order on Grief Rob Henderson's 'Troubled' is a disjointed book, but provides valuable testimony to the importance of a stable childhood. Iona Italia 22 May 2024 · 23 min read
ChatGPT’s Moral Compass We hear much talk of “aligning AI with human values” but relatively little delineation of what these values are. Sean Welsh 20 May 2024 · 15 min read
A History of Stunts Ryan Gosling’s new film is a love letter to an under-appreciated art. Allan Stratton 17 May 2024 · 9 min read
Analyst or Moralist? The increasingly political nature of cultural criticism does a disservice to the arts, to artists, and to criticism itself. James Jackson 15 May 2024 · 11 min read
Less Than Half ‘A Man in Full’ One of US television’s most experienced and talented writers has made a mess of Tom Wolfe’s second novel. Kevin Mims 13 May 2024 · 24 min read
From Caregivers to Social Reformers Directing physicians to treat their patients as racial statistics rather than an individuals is a grievous misdirection of their skills. Ronald A. Lindsay 13 May 2024 · 12 min read
Showdown in Champagne In the tenth instalment of ‘The So-Called Dark Ages,’ Herbert Bushman describes the epic 451 C.E. battle that pitted Attila the Hun against Gaul’s Roman and Gothic defenders. Herbert Bushman 10 May 2024 · 18 min read
The Religious Instinct in a Godless World The religious urge is born into nearly every child. And when we do not inherit a belief system, we build our own temples. Megan Gafford 9 May 2024 · 12 min read
How French Intellectuals Ruined the West Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained. Helen Pluckrose 7 May 2024 · 18 min read
The End of the World as We Know It Far from enhancing American national security, or the security of the world, nuclear weapons will lead us to the edge of destruction. Lawrence M. Krauss 6 May 2024 · 7 min read
