Archive

The most terrifying and telling contemporary piece of American writing is about a thousand words long. It wasn’t composed by one of our better poets or novelists, nor was...

Here, perhaps, is the greatest problem we face these days: Everything is full. Saunter over to your favorite bar for that longed-for bone-dry martini, and the waiter will inform...

Far from a mere sordid distraction or an endless supply of tabloid slop, the Epstein files may just be the most important revelation we’ve witnessed in a century or...

It’s tempting, given the pace of our news cycle these days, to resist the urge to crown any one event as a watershed moment. . . .

You can learn everything you need to know about our collective state of mind from the fact that the most talked-about book of the year is titled If Anyone...

Earlier this summer, Egypt’s Ministry of Religious Endowments launched a new campaign. It is entitled “Correct Your Concepts,” and you need exert little effort to figure out which perceptions...

November 5, 2024, was one of the most joyous days of my life. Like 77,302,580 of my fellow Americans, I felt that, under the Democrats, the nation was heading in a disastrous direction...

As a cultural touchstone, Saturday Night Live has been irrelevant for at least a decade now, or whenever the formerly iconic program chose to trade in comedy for Democrat...

Earlier this year, I traveled to Texas to spend a few days with a few thousand people who were convinced that they were going to live forever. Or, if...

Mazal tov! Partisans on the left and on the right, fighting bitterly for a larger swath of America’s increasingly divided political landscape, have now found a goal around which...

Jews, the late Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik observed, were given the Torah at Sinai not as mere passive recipients but as builders of worlds, as partners with the Almighty...

If you happened to tune in to America’s most popular podcasts these last few months, you might’ve heard some peculiar voices.  Joe Rogan is a big deal. He averages...

Super Bowl ads are a great American art form. Paying eight million dollars or more for a chance to capture the collective national imagination in thirty seconds isn’t merely...

The real protagonist of Captain America: Brave New World—the fourth in the franchise, if you’re keeping score—isn’t the man with the star-spangled shield. It’s the American president, and he...

One recent afternoon, while visiting Universal Studios, I found myself seriously contemplating socialism. I was standing in line for one of the theme park’s most popular attractions, huddled with...