Arts & Letters
Better Jeffersonians Than Jefferson
A new book explores the tradition of John Taylor of Caroline, Grover Cleveland, and William Faulkner.
How Bigelow Brought Back Bush
Seven steps to mainstreaming torture
In My Tribe
Also this past week, I finally took in the Barrow Street Theatre …
Hampton Roads and ‘Lincoln’s’ Secrets and Lies
Does the new Spielberg film tell a more morally problematic story than necessary?
Lawrence Wright and Scientology
The NYT reports that Lawrence Wright’s soon-forthcoming book Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, …
Green Conservatism
Roger Scruton makes the Burkean case for environmental conservation.
All Shook Up About Grammar
I couldn’t help smiling at the wrath I aroused in some readers …
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Cue The Bleats
Thomas Bradshaw’s brutal rendition of the book of Job is skin-deep.
Music of the Spoken Word
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