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China, the West, and The Three-Body Problem

China, the West, and The Three-Body Problem

The themes of Liu Cixin’s trilogy undermine his protestations of loyalty to the People’s Republic.

Jason Garshfield

15 Mar 2024 · 16 min read

Katie Herzog’s Plan B

Katie Herzog’s Plan B

In a new book, Katherine Brodsky explains how members of the ‘silenced majority’ find new audiences after enduring episodes of public mobbing.

Katherine Brodsky

11 Mar 2024 · 9 min read

A Love Letter to the Theatre

A Love Letter to the Theatre

An interview with Sean Mathias, the director of a daring and original new film adaptation of ‘Hamlet.’

Hannah Gal

10 Mar 2024 · 11 min read

Attila Invictus

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

8 Mar 2024 · 19 min read

Raymond Aron and the Art of Politics

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

8 Mar 2024 · 12 min read

The Amityville Horror—A 50-Year Old Lie That Won’t Die

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

7 Mar 2024 · 26 min read

On Sin and Repentance

On Sin and Repentance

Our secular ideas about guilt and absolution distort the language and values of Christianity.

Marilyn Simon

4 Mar 2024 · 8 min read

Donald Duck and Bugs Bunny Fight Fascism

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

26 Feb 2024 · 14 min read

Beginning in Gladness, Ending in Madness

Beginning in Gladness, Ending in Madness

1900–1950 was a golden age of literary eccentricity.

Stephen Akey

21 Feb 2024 · 14 min read

Motorpsycho Nightmare

Motorpsycho Nightmare

Robert Pirsig’s insufferable cult novel about philosophy and bike maintenance turns 50.

Kevin Mims

20 Feb 2024 · 17 min read

In the Country of Last Things

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

19 Feb 2024 · 13 min read

The Best Picture Nominees, 2024

The Best Picture Nominees, 2024

A look at the ten nominees for this year’s Best Picture Oscar.

Allan Stratton

17 Feb 2024 · 17 min read

Beware the Little Lambs

Beware the Little Lambs

Nietzsche warned us about the dangers of defining our values in opposition to something else.

Ben Turtel

15 Feb 2024 · 7 min read

The Road Out of Nowhere

The Road Out of Nowhere

A new book celebrates Springsteen’s stark 1982 classic, ‘Nebraska.’

Matt Hanson

13 Feb 2024 · 6 min read

To Winter, With Love

To Winter, With Love

The cold allows me to feel alive.

Marilyn Simon

13 Feb 2024 · 6 min read