Magazine - Life & Arts
Praise God and pass the ammo
The Good Lord Bird, a seven-part adaptation of James McBride’s 2013 National Book Award-winning novel, conjures the spirit of Mark Twain in its opening titles: “All of…
November 10, 2020
Magazine - Life & Arts
What Killed Michael Brown? and the difference between truth and poetry
What Killed Michael Brown? is a new documentary from director Eli Steele, the son of black conservative author Shelby Steele. It poses a much bigger question than…
Magazine - Columnists
In the shadow of the presidential election, Republican women made historic gains in the House
A close and undecided race for president was the focus on election night. Months of both parties claiming that their candidate would deliver a blowout victory met…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Tales of the end of the world
Jonathan Lethem’s new novel, The Arrest, is a post-apocalyptic story about storytelling itself. The Motherless Brooklyn author’s 12th book follows a screenwriter in a small Maine town…
Magazine - Features
Trumpism’s next act
“Trumpism,” the catchall term for the politics and personality that led Donald Trump to the White House, is entering the home stretch of a presidential term that…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Better an oboe than a rapier
Swanky sports as the golden ticket to Ivy League admission have been very much in the news recently. At the end of October, actress Lori Loughlin surrendered…
Magazine - Life & Arts
Let the aneurysms flow
I once made the terrible mistake of telling a fellow writer, as a joke, that I had recently been paid an insanely large sum for writing a…
Magazine - Washington Briefing
Cyber Command blames Russian hacking groups for two malware strains
United States Cyber Command has blamed Russian hacking groups for two major malware strains to warn organizations about cyberattacks. In late October, Cyber Command, part of the…
Magazine - Life & Arts
The grand geezers of the NFL
The NFL is littered with the most talented young crop of quarterbacks we’ve ever seen. From unequivocal superstars Patrick Mahomes and Lamar Jackson to rookie sensations Justin…
Magazine - Your Land
The Disney era of musical theater
Has American theater outgrown the classics? Many high schools seem to think so — because they’re abandoning classic scripts such as Bye Bye Birdie, Fiddler on the…