The Wrongful Exoneration of Adnan Syed Part II: The Legal and Media Circus Adnan Syed would never have been released had âSerialâ not been made. Advocacy journalism must be treated with caution. Andrew Hammel 22 May 2023 · 53 min read
The Wrongful Exoneration of Adnan Syed Part I: A Straightforward Murder Case A serious reexamination of this case must begin by setting out the evidence that led the jury to convict. Andrew Hammel 22 May 2023 · 45 min read
Belafonte Reappraised Neither hagiographers nor haters of the late musician, actor, and activist have managed to get him right. Ronald Radosh 20 May 2023 · 18 min read
Samantha Geimer and Emmanuelle Seigner in Conversation The two women most directly affected by the 1977 Polanski scandal discuss guilt, shame, feminism, #MeToo, the media, and the search for truth and understanding. Peggy Sastre 6 May 2023 · 29 min read
The Man Who Invented the Modern Cop Novel Joseph Wambaughâs crime fiction has been much imitated but seldom equalled. Kevin Mims 23 Apr 2023 · 20 min read
Glenn Loury and the Great Partisan Divide Louryâs scholarship deserves particular attention because he has grappled with the issue of racial inequality from both sides of the structure-agency debate. Aaron Hanna 13 Apr 2023 · 25 min read
Remembering Rumpole John Mortimerâs fictional barrister wasâlike his creatorâa rogue redeemed by a fierce commitment to the presumption of innocence. Kevin Mims 1 Apr 2023 · 19 min read
Heideggerâs Downfall Richard Wolinâs reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance. Jeffrey Herf 22 Feb 2023 · 18 min read
The Liberal Internationalist A fine new book argues that the contemporary Left could learn a lot from the life and work of the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens. Michael J. Totten 20 Feb 2023 · 19 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
Mearsheimer: Rigor or Reaction? What John J. Mearsheimer gets wrong about Ukraine, international affairs, and much else besides. Matt Johnson 15 Feb 2023 · 21 min read
Justice in Stockholm Thirty-four years after the massacre of political prisoners in Iran, the conviction of Hamid Noury in Sweden has been a victory for accountability and for the truth. Roya Hakakian 7 Feb 2023 · 19 min read
Whatever Happened to Light Verse? A paean to a disappearing and misunderstood literary tradition. Kevin Mims 21 Jan 2023 · 21 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
Paranoid Pop A look back at the remarkable life and career of one of the 20th Centuryâs most original artists. David Cohen 19 Dec 2022 · 20 min read
