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Bob Newhart has died at the age of 94—the comic who was our last connection with mid-century America. He became famous with the live... Read More

Kamala Harris is a brat—but you must understand, this is supposed to be a good thing. After the VP announced she’d be running for... Read More

The first thing you notice in El Segundo is how serene it is. Yet, as I take in the quiet charm of its Main Street, my mind is still... Read More

In and around Oxford, Miss., about three decades ago, it wasn’t uncommon to drive along a rural route and pass a car with a bumper... Read More

“Hi Gabriel,” the email begins. “My name is Charli - perhaps you know my music, which I put out under the name... Read More

Since the dawn of civilization, mankind has desired to air grievances against those we felt have wronged us: This is not hyperbole, but fact.... Read More

It’s no secret that big cities vote heavily Democratic. In fact, population density is a very good predictor of voting... Read More

John Dickerson: Is there a storyline about how you get from the first place that a person can write down their innermost thoughts to what we... Read More

How should translators — or any writers, for that matter — respond to their critics? The usual advice is quiet dignity: for... Read More

Lord Acton said that great men are almost always bad men. Their greatness, he thought, contributed to their wickedness: power corrupts, and... Read More

Just over a decade ago, when James Wood wrote about four memoirs by the children of writers, I wondered why he’d left out Sheila... Read More

I didn’t have any friends in high school, but I did have a phone. It was 2010 and I begged my mom to get me an iPhone for Christmas.... Read More

Praising P.G. Wodehouse for his humour is rather like praising the Royal Gurkha Rifles for their ability to march and fold socks. Wodehouse... Read More

I’M NOT THE FIRST to say it, nor will I be the last: Irish writers are kicking arse, forging narratives for our fraught and fevered... Read More

For decades, we’ve been living in a world of steroid smoke and mirrors. On one side, we have athletes and bodybuilders taking heroic... Read More

When I was about eleven a group of boys told me to google “dildo.” They told me it was a new Pokemon. That’s what... Read More

Girl Storm is a memoir by Peg Kerswell about raising a profoundly autistic daughter and eventually placing her in a home. While reading... Read More

hen and why did the work of E.E. Cummings become marginal? In the 1920s and ’30s, he was a clear standout among the many experimental... Read More

The contradiction of Kevin Costner is that he’s a congenitally laid-back actor who’s at his most compelling when portraying... Read More

For over two years, in the small, unassuming beach town of El Segundo, dozens of young men have gathered with a singular mission: to save... Read More

On a cold Friday morning in February 2022, Cory Leadbeater took his final walk with Joan Didion. It was down Madison Avenue on... Read More

In the bottom of the sixth inning of a July 6 game between the Twins and Astros, Twins third baseman Jose Miranda came to the plate poised to... Read More

Dennis Quaid has a long list of memorable film roles to his credit, including playing such larger-than-life historic figures as astronaut... Read More

Squeezing a living out of a condemned local newspaper had its perks. Ignore the skeletal budgets, the sclerotic staff, and the flagrant... Read More