Out of The Waste Land
T.S. Eliot’s modernist masterpiece.
Arts and Culture
Lingua Americana
American English is the music accompanying the great American circus.
Lay of the Land
Ralph Vaughan Williams, musical nationalist.
The Spirits I Have Summoned, I Cannot Banish Now!
The future of A.I. in Hollywood—and beyond.
Propaganda in Paradise?
James Cameron’s new Avatar meets Xi Jinping’s new China.
Deep States
The old Midwest was a place animated by the belief that a self-governing republic is the best regime for man.
The First Ladies of Country Music
Listening to Patsy, Tammy, Loretta, and Dolly.
Set in Stone
My Native English Must I Now Forgo?
Now heads of state speak—like—Valley Girls?
Doing Good and Doing Well
Government has extensively co-opted private philanthropy and voluntary associations, to our detriment.
The Tragedy of the Commons
TV’s Yellowstone and the conditions of freedom.
The Pure Radiance of the Past
The BBC series Wolf Hall is as beautifully cut, fitted, embroidered, and bejeweled as the heavy, intimidating garments of the Tudor nobility.
