Magazine Issue

January 26, 2021

A spooky Scandi-noir
Crime

A spooky Scandi-noir

In the latter half of the Book of Genesis, the patriarch Jacob’s sons gang up on Jacob’s favorite son, Joseph, and sell him into slavery. After the…

Daniel Ross Goodman
Fake news
Magazine - Life & Arts

Fake news

The year is 1870. Federal troops occupy the defeated South. In Wichita Falls, Texas, a former Confederate soldier by the name of Jefferson Kyle Kidd is reading…

Graham Hillard
The puzzle of COVID-19 on the brain
Healthcare

The puzzle of COVID-19 on the brain

Dr. Juliette Madrigal has seen a fair number of patients in recent months suffering from anxiety while ill with COVID-19. While it seems reasonable that people with…

David Hogberg
Phil Spector, 1939-2021
Magazine - Obituary

Phil Spector, 1939-2021

The entertainment industry has always attracted a high proportion of eccentrics, misfits, and oddballs. This is, in itself, unsurprising: The making of movies or music requires artists,…

Peter Tonguette
Old-time religion
Magazine - Your Land

Old-time religion

In a secular age with an overwhelmingly secular media, cultural, and academic elite, there’s a strange remnant of old-time religion in America’s upper echelons: the baby boomer…

Timothy P. Carney
Why Biden is in such a rush
Magazine - Columnists

Why Biden is in such a rush

In his inaugural address, President Biden made a strong plea for “unity,” especially political unity that would see the political parties reach agreements and end their unhappy…

Fred Barnes