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Stone Walls and No Discussions
Ideas wither when they aren’t challenged, and the greatest free speech problem in the United States may be on the left.
All Essays
No Follow-Through
“Star Trek” seems paralyzed by the idea of doing the one thing the fans of the series actually want.
You Belong Here: A Conversation with Aditi Khorana and Sara Saedi
Juliana Romano talks to Aditi Khorana and Sara Saedi about their new books.
Literatainment: A Personal Breakthrough
Ryan McIlvain reflects on the possibilities of merging high-brow literature with low-brow entertainment.
Vietnam Comes Home
The Vietnam War came home in scattered flashes of horror and memory.
Listening to the Dolphins: Leo Szilard on Nuclear War
When a nuclear physicist turns to fiction.
Giant Mezuzahs: The Yiddishkeit of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Deborah Krieger on "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," in which Jewish characters and their community are the default.
Everything Mall Is New Again
“The citizen in a mall-city assumes submission as a constant pose: there is nowhere else.” Krithika Varagur on the malls of Jakarta.
Dangerous Bullshit
In American politics, we aren’t witnessing an unprecedented outbreak of lying. Another term is more appropriate: bullshit.
Fascism Advisory in Effect
Trump’s “America First” policies have given a “new wind of support” to Greece’s fascist Golden Dawn party. Take heed.
Kung Pao with the Brownshirts: My Evening with the German Far Right
Nationalist parties used to be verboten in Germany, but not anymore. Their favorite targets: career women and the city of Berlin.
Unexpected Directions: Camille Henrot’s “Days Are Dogs” and the Erasure of the Meaning of Difference
Mariam Rahmani on the pleasures and disappointments of Camille Henrot’s “Days Are Dogs.”
Ishiguro’s Orphans
The inimitable fictions of the 2017 Nobel laureate.
Reply to W. J. T. Mitchell’s “The Trolls of Academe”
David Horowitz responds to W. J. T. Mitchell's "The Trolls of Academe," and Mitchell offers his own rebuttal to Horowitz's reply.
The Discreet Harm of the Bourgeoisie
“Happy End,” like all of Haneke’s films, slowly and subtly weaves its scenes into a web of intriguing parallels and tantalizing reciprocities.
The Playboy Funnies: Hefner Editing Feiffer
On Jules Feiffer's time at Playboy.
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