Arts and Culture
Trump Is Right to Rein in the Smithsonian
In recent years, depictions of America’s history and heroes at leading museums and monuments have…
The Met’s “Big Bet” on Contemporary Opera Looks Like a…
“Hopefully we see the Met thriving artistically, and that we will have created a new artistic…
Novelist Gustave Flaubert’s Pursuit of Literary…
In any age, the significant individuals tend to be those who invent or seize upon a new means, a new…
Graydon Carter and the Epic Grandeur of Vanity Fair
When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines, by Graydon…
Robert Moses and His Lasting Legacy
The Power Broker, Robert Caro’s book about New York City’s master builder, Robert Moses, turned 50…
Faith in the Age of AI
Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious, by Ross Douthat (Zondervan, 240 pp., $26.99) Religious…
A New Baseball Metric That Could Improve the Game
As Opening Day approaches, diamond devotees are dusting off copies of The Baseball Encyclopedia and…
Gay Talese Writing Collection Highlights New York…
A Town Without Time: Gay Talese’s New York, by Gay Talese, introduction by Alex Vadukul (Mariner…
Brutalism Was Disastrous for U.S. Architecture
After World War II, the Franco-Swiss architect who went by the name of Le Corbusier erected brazenly…
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