The Fall and Rise of Bowie
It’s easy to start a fight between David Bowie fans: Simply ask them to name his best album. Thanks…
Tag: Book reviews
Letter to the Editor: Who's Censoring Whom?
Nicholas Clairmont's review of Jacob Siegel's The Information State: Politics in the Age…
You’re Not a Monkey’s Uncle
I know nothing about primate anthropology, but I did know a primate anthropologist. She took me into…
Tyranny Through Technology
George Orwell, in his immortal 1946 essay "The Prevention of Literature," delineates a…
Brothers in Arms
Writing a novel after spending years writing nonfiction is no easy trick. Trust me, I know. My hard…
The Hollywood Blacklist Gets Whitewashed
An exhibit on loan from the Jewish Museum in Milwaukee is now at the Capital Jewish Museum in…
Scalia Ascendant
Antonin Scalia's jurisprudential legacy has flourished far beyond what anyone might have…
Peerage Pressure
Every society has an aristocracy, even those that deny or disparage the very idea, such as our own.…
Naughty by Nature?
It is hard to read any article or book about what ails children today without encountering a…
Chosen to Make America’s Toys
The People of the Book, it turns out, are also the people of the Teddy Bear, Barbie, and Batman. As…
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