Culture
‘Woke’ Librarians Take Their Politics to Another Level
Field is in ‘meltdown’ mode after Trump election.
Eric Foner’s Artful Finesse on Lee Statues
Rubbing out history—even ‘metaphorically’—won’t help us understand it.
Wolverines! Rocky! … Comrade Detective?
Strange series reaches for 80’s Cold War nostalgia, lands in Konfusionstan.
iGen Post-Millennials: Put Down Your Phones, Get a Job
There’s a reason they seek ‘safe spaces.’
A Proper Lament for Fading Mid-Century Suburbia
Much of it needs to go, but it deserves a “funeral” first.
The New Elite’s Silly Virtue-Signaling Consumption
Eating kimchi and quoting TED Talks won’t separate you from ‘the rabble.’
Sex is Cheap and It’s a Buyer’s Market—If You’re a Man
It was never so easy to have sex. But that’s the problem.
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Want to Unify America? Try College Football
The power of the pigskin and the glue that binds.
Collateral Damage in Trump’s War with the ‘Fake News Media’
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America’s Desperate, Apocalyptic Party Anthems
Deindustrialization and debt leads to pop music with a melancholy twist.
RIP Walter Becker: The Edgy, Impish Half of Steely Dan
Guitarist-songwriter helped duo transcend the conformity and narcissism of the age.
Americans Used to be Proud of their Universities
Global prestige slips as schools prioritize faddish scholarship and political agitation.
Our First Binge: “Fugitive” Kept TV Audiences Running
The 50th Anniversary of the groundbreaking “finale.”
The Truth About America’s Civil Religion
Radical secularism, religious nationalism, and threats to the vital center.
Face It: Trump Is the Man in America’s Mirror
History shows we’ve always loved big praise, big flattery, and big money.