The Approaching Disintegration of Academia
Universities cannot withstand the assault on objective truth.
Mark Goldblatt
· 7 min read
Art and Culture
A collection of 726 posts
The Crack-Up
How individual and civilisational identities collapse.
Peter Hughes
· 10 min read
The Eyes of Another
Dostoevsky’s masterpiece, ‘Crime and Punishment,’ offers a radical reinterpretation of guilt and redemption.
Marilyn Simon
· 8 min read
Boring Art, Impotent Politics
Mixing aesthetics and activism does a disservice to both.
Julia Friedman
· 11 min read
Whatever Happened to Light Verse?
A paean to a disappearing and misunderstood literary tradition.
Kevin Mims
· 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
· 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
· 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 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
· 14 min read
Stuck in the Middle (of Academia)
Academia is a mess, but there is still hope.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 12 min read
In Memoriam
A tribute to five pop fiction writers we lost in 2022.
Kevin Mims
· 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
· 20 min read
The Radicalization of the Film Canon
Sight and Sound’s 2022 poll is a sign of the times.
Adrian Nguyen
· 13 min read
In From the Cold
Solzhenitsyn’s Ivan Denisovich at 60.
Robin Ashenden
· 15 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
· 11 min read