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In God’s Path
Several factors need to be put back into the standard account of the Arab conquests of the…
Romanticism and Copyright
In his Copyrights and Copywrongs, Siva Vaidhyanathan traces the history of copyright legislation in Britain and America. In…
Temperate Imagination
David Reynolds’s The Serpent in the Cup is a study of the role of temperance in American literature.…
Many Modernities
Jeffrey Herf begins his study of Weimar and Third Reich views on technology and culture (Reactionary Modernism)…
Women, Voting, and Social Conservatism
Over at Slate, Amanda Hess takes issue with my analysis of the “gender gap” in American politics.…
Eat an Almond, Kill a Bee
James Hamblin reports on new research that shows almonds are even better for us than we thought. Eating an…
Operation Infinite Justice?
It’s no surprise that William Kristol is critical of Obama’s response to the murder of James Foley.…
Entropy Wars
Though not so well-known as the debates over Darwinism, battles over the theological and cosmological import of…
Underground
Rosalind Williams Notes on the Underground is an examination of 19th-century narratives about underground worlds, which she sees…
Businesses and Conscience
The president has discovered that businesses are people, and have a conscience. Today, Charles Krauthammer notes that…
Caffeinized Napping
It has nothing to do with any twinge of conscience about my coffee intake, but I’m always…
Public Living, Public Dying
Clive James is dying just as he lived—in full public view. The Australian-born poet, critic, BBC television…
The Dilemma Facing Social Conservatives
A GOP poll confirms recent trends. Single women don’t like the conservative message. The poll takers and those running…
Reply to Leithart
Although I am grateful to Peter Leithart for his interest in my work and his efforts to…
Gangster Nation
Peter Pomerantsev’s forthcoming Nothing is True and Everything is Possible is a grim, gripping tour through contemporary Russia. …
