Roald Dahl and the Ethics of Art The urge to censor is based on a misunderstanding of what makes literature valuable. Iona Italia 21 Feb 2023 · 11 min read
Aristotle (and the Stoics): An Interview with John Sellars A new book by John Sellars explores the lifeâs work and extraordinary legacy of the man he has provocatively called âthe single most important human being ever to have lived.â Riley Moore 19 Feb 2023 · 20 min read
Nick Cave: âConservatism Is an Aspirationâ The lead Bad Seed shares his thoughts on creativity, marriage, and having a conservative temperament. Claire Lehmann 13 Feb 2023 · 13 min read
Low Life and High Style Cruel, indiscreet, misanthropic and miserable, columnist Jeffrey Bernard nevertheless produced some bracing and scabrously funny journalism. Robin Ashenden 9 Feb 2023 · 14 min read
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 · 10 min read
The Eyes of Another Dostoevskyâs masterpiece, âCrime and Punishment,â offers a radical reinterpretation of guilt and redemption. Marilyn Simon 31 Jan 2023 · 8 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 · 21 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 âwife beater.â 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 âThe Philosophy of Modern Song,â Dylan contemplates himself and the art form of which he is the acknowledged master. Benjamin Kerstein 13 Jan 2023 · 13 min read
A Report From the Stanford Academic Freedom Conference The urgency of our mission was reflected in the list of attendeesâmany 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 · 12 min read
In Memoriam A tribute to five pop fiction writers we lost in 2022. Kevin Mims 20 Dec 2022 · 12 min read
