Marching Backwards
Mary Harrington’s proposed solution to the excesses of modern feminism is an overcorrection.
Marilyn Simon
· 14 min read
Review
A collection of 123 posts
Heidegger’s Downfall
Richard Wolin’s 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
· 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
· 19 min read
Colonialism and Its Discontents
Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar’s controversial reassessment of Britain’s imperial record has reignited an important academic quarrel over the meaning and legacy of empire.
John Lloyd
· 16 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
America’s Forgotten Crisis
A terrific new account of America’s social and political turmoil during the 1910s and ’20s provides some much-needed perspective on the problems afflicting the country today.
Michael J. Totten
· 14 min read
How Do They Know This?
An informative and apolitical new book reminds us that statistics are not always what they seem.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 6 min read
Islamist Terror; Journalistic Error
In a valuable new book, historian Richard Landes argues that Western reporting on the Second Palestinian Intifada helped to seed a misunderstanding of terrorism.
Jeffrey Herf
· 19 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
The Problems with Longtermism
The further we look into the future, the less certain we can be about our predictions and plans.
Matt Johnson
· 13 min read
A Strange and Brutal Country
Adam Curtis’s new BBC series provides a unique insight into Russia’s late-twentieth-century collapse.
Christopher J. Snowdon
· 7 min read
Defying Russia’s Despot
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s new book offers a profile in courage.
John Lloyd
· 10 min read
The Striver’s Curse
A review of Arthur C. Brooks’s new book, ‘From Strength to Strength.’
Ari David Blaff
· 6 min read
Go Ask Beatrice: Notes on a Dishonest Decade
An outstanding new book tells the story of a wildly successful literary hoax. But it was just one of many.
Kevin Mims
· 29 min read
Children of the Counter-Revolution
Sexual liberty reconsidered.
Cathy Young
· 16 min read