Magazine
Angela Merkel’s ashes
Angela Merkel hired no fewer than eight English language translators to work on the German text of her new autobiography, Freedom, which is astonishing when one considers…
January 8, 2025
Jimmy Carter, voters reject incumbents, Elon Musk, Western civilization fights back, wokeness dies, and the Bob Dylan movie all in this week's magazine.
Education
Eric Hoffer’s The True Believer and the trouble with academia
Right before Thanksgiving, social media’s latest viral star was born: a Cambridge academic named Ally Louks, who posted a photo of herself on X posing with her…
Magazine
The Baseball Hall of Fame abides
In typical American fashion, Halls of Fame have lost their glory in their translation across the Atlantic from the original shrines established in Europe. Seemingly every high…
Entertainment
Internet voyeurism has drilled a hole in the soul of rap
This year, three particularly foul-mouthed and insulting young rappers named “Lil Jeff,” “Lil Scoom,” and “Ybcdul” recorded a song together. All three had been killed before the…
Entertainment
Another side of Bob Dylan, who is a circle
In viewing A Complete Unknown, I must admit to remaining mystified that rock biopics continue to get made at all in the wake of Walk Hard: The…
Magazine
The finer things in life
“One of the best things about being an ordained minister,” a friend of mine who is an ordained minister told me recently, “is that they give you…
Entertainment
A history of Hollywood’s greatest failures
When a novel misses the mark, an opera sinks like a stone, or a Broadway show closes up shop, few care beyond the niche contingent conversant in…
Columnists
Toward a political history of the last 75 years
New Year’s Day is a good time to take a long look backward with a cautious eye toward possible futures. My guide here is Real Clear Politics…