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The odometer broke, thousands of miles and a lifetime removed from the all-night neon hustle of Times Square and the evergreen Zen of the... Read More

“They provoke, … the kind of love that one feels only for amazing things that could not come out of one’s own imagination... Read More

Last year, theories about the spiritual energy around Charlie Kirk spread like wildfire the week of his death. Megyn Kelly appeared on Jack... Read More

I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing American flag-themed apparel, let alone flying the flag in public. I go out of my way to make... Read More

Leonardo DiCaprio has come to London on what seems to be a sophisticated middle-aged gentleman’s cultural tour of Europe.... Read More

By “machine” I mean the cinematic medium—that affair of celluloid, electric light, and whirring motors. By... Read More

In the beginning, it was just his jawline. Gabriel Dridi says he was 13 when he became obsessed with improving his looks, and 15 or 16 when... Read More

Opponents of affirmative action hoped that the Supreme Court had delivered a death blow to the controversial policy in 2023 when Chief... Read More

Nearly a half century after his death, Alfred Hitchcock remains, despite his prolific early career in Britain, one of the most popular and... Read More

In the early Seventies, America looked to be all played out. The postwar industrial boom that powered its golden age of capitalism was... Read More

At the start of each year, I offer my perspective on the “State of the Culture.” My assessments... Read More

It’s said that we live in a crisis of democracy, but it would be better stated that we live in a crisis of politics. Throughout the... Read More

It cannot be said that Theodore Roosevelt has suffered from historical neglect. Harvard's collection of Rooseveltiana boasts 14,000 works by... Read More

As anyone living today knows, the Luddites were fighting a losing battle. Though they broke stocking frames, burned factories, and killed... Read More

I’ll spare you my knee-jerk impression of historical novels. And, obviously, there’s a formula to everything, I get it. People... Read More

It was just after 5:00 a.m., and I was wide-awake in a hotel in Rome. Jet lag, certainly. I grabbed my phone, responded to a few messages,... Read More

In 2016, when the world was first introduced to Stranger Things—the Duffer brothers’ hit Netflix fantasy adventure that follows a... Read More

We meet, at Amanda Seyfried’s suggestion, in the middle of nowhere. That’s to say, we meet at a discreet and casually elegant... Read More

It’s 1952 New York, and Marty Mauser will not be denied. Mauser is a ping-pong street hustler who aspires to become a table tennis... Read More

Some of the bestselling nonfiction books published in 1970 include David Reuben’s Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but... Read More

I began to paint in 2023, soon after I turned 70. At an age when I am rarely surprised, I feel I am channeling a new creative impulse while... Read More

TikTok’s adoption in the United States in 2018 marked a vibe shift in American culture. In the app’s early days, everyone’s... Read More

It was 4 p.m. on a Thursday, and the Technology Brothers had a gong problem. John Coogan and Jordi Hays had just wrapped a taping of their... Read More

As the nation approaches its 250th anniversary, Johns Hopkins University reminds us why people from all corners of the globe still yearn to... Read More

When I found out I was pregnant last May, I commenced a program of reading. I needed to know what was coming. During the six months that I... Read More

I’m sorry that I’ve been away for the last month. Half of it was procrastination, and the other half was warranted. I don’t... Read More