All You Need Is Jesus

by John Waters

The movie Yesterday imagines a world without The Beatles.  Continue Reading »

17 Sep 2019

Kanye Goes Back to the Old Landmark

by Armond White

Denunciations of West show how brittle the nostalgic orthodoxy of black leadership has now become.  Continue Reading »

29 Oct 2018

Americans and the Arts

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Sunil Iyengar on current trends in Americans’ engagement with the arts. Continue Reading »

19 Oct 2018

Songs of Faith and Yearning

by John Wilson

A recommendation for the folk duo Lowland Hum. Continue Reading »

12 Oct 2018

The Imperial Conductor

by Allen C. Guelzo

Toscanini:  Musician of Conscience  by harvey sachs liveright, 944 pages, $39.95 When the first instruction manual for leaders of orchestras—Johann Mattheson’s Der vollkommene Capellmeister—appeared in 1739, it was a sign that the size of orchestral ensembles and the . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2018

The Fate of Classical Music

by Mark Bauerlein

Featuring Andrew Balio, principal trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, on the state of classical music in America today. Continue Reading »

13 Jul 2018

The Man Who Stole the World

by John Waters

Bowie was a canary in the coal mine of post-1960s culture, plumbing its depths and soaring above almost everyone else. Continue Reading »

12 Jun 2018

Ring, Catholic Bells!

by Terence Sweeney

Perhaps the new evangelization begins with such small gestures as the ringing of church bells.  Continue Reading »

17 May 2018

How U2 Betrayed Rock ’n’ Roll

by John Waters

The band U2 has announced it supports the pro-abortion side in Ireland’s upcoming referendum on abortion. Continue Reading »

7 May 2018

Taylor Swift, Nazi Barbie?

by Dominic Green

January is Taylor Swift month in the Green household. If, like me, you have three young daughters, then every month for the last ten years has been Taylor Swift month. Still, Swift’s new album, Reputation, has driven the Swiftometer to an all-time high. Three copies arrived by courier on . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2018