On my third day in show business, I walked into Stage 25 at Paramount Studios to grab a coffee and doughnut. It was January 1990—I […]
Therapy Nation: How America’s Mental Health Obsession Is Deepening Division
Depressed? Anxious? Maybe you should see someone. If so, good luck. According to the American Psychological Association, most mental health professionals are consistently and fully […]
Superhero Movies Have Plunged Into the Bottomless Canyon
This is the real endgame, and not in a good way Movie genres run out of steam. It has ever been thus. So many Westerns […]
Harold Bloom’s Literary Legacy: A Study in Intellectual Brilliance and Unrelenting Melancholy
The Man Who Read Everything: The Literary Letters of Harold Bloom, edited by Heather Cass White, presents a collection of correspondence between the influential critic […]
Pentagon Labels BYD a Chinese Military Entity—California Governor’s Ties Under Scrutiny
A former U.S. ambassador has warned that the Department of War’s recent designation of BYD as a Chinese military company poses an immediate threat to […]
Alito’s Empathy for the Silent Majority: A Re-evaluation of Peter Canellos’ ‘Revenge for the Sixties’
When asked what he was looking for in a Supreme Court justice, then-president Barack Obama famously observed, “I view that quality of empathy, of understanding […]
U.S. Diplomacy Faces Reality Check in Iran Strait Agreement
With skirmishes erupting near the Persian Gulf and a memorandum of understanding reportedly moving toward the president’s desk, the Middle East is teetering between renewed […]
Silence in the Mix: How ‘Tuner’ Turns a Piano Tuner’s Disability into a Masterful Heist
The recent film Tuner bears striking similarities to several productions from the past decade, which may lead some to question its originality. A storyline centered […]
Scandalous to Sacred: How Oscar Wilde and Others Found Faith in the Catholic Church
The Catholic Church saw incredible growth in the United States this past year, especially among young people (men, in particular). If you’re tuned into the […]
Spitz’s Rolling Stones Biography Ignores the Band’s Darker Truths
Bob Spitz has compiled a press-cuttings history of the Rolling Stones. Like much of their music, it is hacked together from other people’s work, though […]