Maps and arrows have long been the principal focus in military histories, detailing army movements and technical descriptions. In contrast, Scott Davis’ The Last of […]
Auden’s Hidden Legacy: The Poet Who Mastered Modernity
Wystan Hugh Auden, an English schoolmaster in his youth, began crafting a series of remarkable poems during the mid-1930s. His work included rollicking ballads, tender […]
The Unseen Engine of Control: How China’s CCP Shapes Art and Literature in Nolan’s Interview
Much as Helen’s face is said to have launched a thousand ships, Christopher Nolan’s new movie depicting Odysseus’ return from the Trojan War has launched […]
Cape Cod Summer: A Canadian Director’s Quiet Masterpiece
There is a Canadian director no one has ever heard of who has made three of the most interesting and unexpected pictures in recent years. […]
The Forgotten Legacy of 1986: Why Two High School Films Still Haunt Us
Were you a Ferris or a Lucas? Did you have it all figured out in high school, like the eponymous trickster from 40 summers ago? […]
Beverly Gage’s U.S. History Book Omits LGBTQ+ Figures Despite Promises of Inclusion
The review of Beverly Gage’s This Land Is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History notes that before the 2015 Charleston church shooting, which […]
Misery and Death: The Hidden Consequences of China-Iran Ties
In the United States, democratic socialists and Hamas sympathizers often march arm in arm. Abroad, news that China is exporting surface-to-air missiles to Iran reveals […]
The Speaker’s Peril: How Kevin McCarthy’s Struggle with the House Freedom Caucus Almost Broke Congress
If the parties fight each other to a draw in the gerrymandering wars, who wins? Democrats can probably carve about as many safe congressional seats […]
George Washington: The Unseen Architect of American Independence
H.W. Brands, professor of history at the University of Texas and author of biographies on Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, presents a […]