On May 29, 1453, the city of Constantinople disappeared. Anthony Kaldellis, a professor at the University of Chicago’s Department of Classics, writes this in 1453: […]
Israel’s Lobby” Book Riddled with Factual Errors, Review Finds
A recent critique has identified a cascade of inaccuracies in Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick’s publication “Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign […]
Holocaust Echoes in the Catskills: A Daughter’s Memoir of Survival and Loss
One remaining sign of life was also a call for death: A tattered demolition permit clung to a fence cordoning off the driveway to Grossinger’s, […]
May You Live in Interesting Times: Lafayette’s Unrelenting Struggle Through Revolution and Tragedy
You are probably familiar with the Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.” Such was the course of life for Marquis de Lafayette. Born […]
The Second Wave of Terror: How Al Qaeda’s Post-9/11 Plot Almost Shattered America
Over the course of eight years, from the bombing of the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, through the destruction of that iconic American […]
The Mambo Revolution That Shook America’s Soul
A typically manic episode of the iconic 1950s TV show The Honeymooners sees Jackie Gleason’s embattled everyman Ralph Kramden storming home to discover his wife […]
The Unforgettable Whimsy of ‘Labyrinth’: A 1986 Masterpiece That Still Haunts Us
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth remains an unparalleled achievement in fantasy filmmaking—a surreal odyssey that fused puppetry with poetic storytelling to create a cultural landmark of the […]
Stone Age Marriage? Stephanie Coontz’s Book Challenges Modern Family Norms
Stephanie Coontz, a leading historian on marriage, argues in her new book For Better and Worse: The Complicated Past and Challenging Future of Marriage that […]
A Palimpsest of Ambition: How Umberto Eco’s ‘The Name of the Rose’ Film Stumbles But Endures
In 1986, director Jean-Jacques Annaud embarked on adapting Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose—a book that had already become a literary sensation after selling […]