Then They Came for Beethoven Beethoven is a truly odd target for progressive critics, because his views on geopolitics are known to have been, by the highly regressive standards of his time, quite progressive. Daniel Lelchuk 19 Sep 2020 · 7 min read
The Dishonest and Misogynistic Hate Campaign Against J.K. Rowling And it turns out that she was, because despite the best efforts of her critics, she hasn’t yet been truly cancelled. Louise Perry 18 Sep 2020 · 7 min read
Remembering Cancel Culture’s 40-Year-Old Stepfather "Cruising" faced protests and boycotts from gay activists and the LGBTQ+ community, but later became a cult hit. Adrian Nguyen 27 Jul 2020 · 7 min read
Denunciation Staged as 'Dialogue': A Review of Claudia Rankine's 'Help' The lines spoken by the white men on stage were excerpted from responses to her Times article. Nick Comilla 20 Jul 2020 · 8 min read
Ronan Farrow’s Botched Journalism is Troubling. The Response to It Has Been Worse The #MeToo era has been a time for all journalists to re-examine their professional standards. Jonathan Kay 25 May 2020 · 14 min read
Death of an Old-Fashioned Clown Willard was a kind of Holy Fool even among fools. Simon Evans 21 May 2020 · 7 min read
Gambling in a Time of Despair If lawmakers want to help their constituents fight compulsive gambling, then putting the brakes on legalization is the most impactful policy in the short term. Roy Wayne Meredith III 13 Jan 2020 · 9 min read
Ricky Gervais, Man of the People If courage had a face, it would be a slightly overweight, pasty British multi-millionaire drinking a pint. Bridget Phetasy 6 Jan 2020 · 3 min read
Gamers are the Easy—But Wrong—Target After Mass Violence When members of other communities are involved in mass violence, we rightfully are cautioned not to reflexively blame the community as a whole, and gaming should get the same treatment. Christopher J. Ferguson 20 Aug 2019 · 7 min read
Once Upon a Time...Film Critics Became Joyless—A Review Tarantino is quintessentially American. He lets us linger and watch Tate in all her Technicolor radiance. He lets us love her. What’s more, he lets her watch and love herself. Steven Volynets 17 Aug 2019 · 9 min read
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of....What Exactly? The same is true of happiness and positivity. They’re not mere feelings. They are behaviors. Steve Salerno 24 Jul 2019 · 15 min read
From Academia to Hollywood: An Interview with Tony Tost Right now, I’m maybe most spooked by how a living, breathing cultural memory is seeming to evaporate. Clay Routledge 13 Jul 2019 · 21 min read
How Prophetic Was Gattaca? Gattaca was prophetic, but not quite in the way Niccol intended. George Schifini 8 Jul 2019 · 5 min read
Tolkien—A Review The real-life Tolkien, who loathed trite allegory, would have cringed. Charlotte Allen 24 May 2019 · 7 min read
