Book Reviews
The curdling of California and Gavin’s party
In November 2023, downtown San Francisco underwent a sudden transformation. Its streets were…
Andrea Dworkin’s unfinished business – Washington Examiner
“We will know that we are free when the pornography no longer exists,” Andrea Dworkin concludes…
For Lorne – Washington Examiner
Born in Toronto in 1944, Lorne David Lipowitz, as Lorne Michaels was known at birth, was, like…
The life and death of a great secretarial school
In 1911 a nearly penniless widow who called herself Katharine Gibbs sold her jewelry, scraped a…
Michael Lewis shows off government
Nobody needs to do one-handed handstand pushups. If you’re strong enough to push yourself off…
Can surfing heal America’s cultural divide?
It’s Only Drowning: Learning to Surf and the Pursuit of Common Ground is scheduled for…
The dangerous world of the Wagner Group
In his famed 16th-century tract The Prince, the Florentine diplomat and author Niccolò…
The true contradictions of Charles Baudelaire
The first city was founded by the first murderer in the biblical story, which tells us…
Review of ‘Boutwell: Radical Republican and Champion of Democracy’
Often in political history, towering figures command such attention that even the most…
