The Approaching Disintegration of Academia Universities cannot withstand the assault on objective truth. Mark Goldblatt 7 Feb 2023 · 7 min read
The Crack-Up How individual and civilisational identities collapse. Peter Hughes 2 Feb 2023 · 9 min read
The Eyes of Another Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, ‘Crime and Punishment,’ offers a radical reinterpretation of guilt and redemption. Marilyn Simon 31 Jan 2023 · 7 min read
Boring Art, Impotent Politics Mixing aesthetics and activism does a disservice to both. Julia Friedman 27 Jan 2023 · 11 min read
Whatever Happened to Light Verse? A paean to a disappearing and misunderstood literary tradition. Kevin Mims 21 Jan 2023 · 20 min read
A Bore of a Blockbuster Next time, one hopes, James Cameron will focus as much on the story he tells as the means he uses to tell it. Allan Stratton 19 Jan 2023 · 7 min read
Scenes from a Marriage In 2020, a British High Court judge ruled that actor Johnny Depp was probably a “wife beater.” Earlier this year, an American jury disagreed. Who got it right? Charlotte Allen 18 Jan 2023 · 70 min read
The Inner Life of Transcendent Genius In ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ Dylan contemplates himself and the art form of which he is the acknowledged master. Benjamin Kerstein 13 Jan 2023 · 12 min read
A Report From the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference The urgency of our mission was reflected in the list of attendees—many of whom had been laid off, mobbed, or ostracized because of their research. Elizabeth Weiss 11 Jan 2023 · 14 min read
Stuck in the Middle (of Academia) Academia is a mess, but there is still hope. Christopher J. Ferguson 1 Jan 2023 · 11 min read
In Memoriam A tribute to five pop fiction writers we lost in 2022. Kevin Mims 20 Dec 2022 · 12 min read
Paranoid Pop A look back at the remarkable life and career of one of the 20th Century’s most original artists. David Cohen 19 Dec 2022 · 19 min read
The Radicalization of the Film Canon Sight and Sound’s 2022 poll is a sign of the times. Adrian Nguyen 18 Dec 2022 · 12 min read
Murakami On Writing In his new book, Murakami attempts to set the limits of what he wants people to know about him—and that isn’t much. David S. Wills 24 Nov 2022 · 11 min read