That time of year is nearly upon us when the masses (of the poker-playing variety) descend on Las Vegas for…

Another week, another school shooting. This time the carnage was at Santa Fe High School in Texas. Next month, it…

AP story on Philip Roth’s passing on the internet: standard newswire, fine as such, touches the bases quickly, even if…

His hand felt like an oven mitt — filled with stone. “My god,” I thought as I removed my paw,…

One telling detail keeps escaping the men and women of words who would end school shootings by one expedient or…

When I first heard that the BBC was remaking Civilisation, the groundbreaking 1969 documentary in which esteemed art historian Kenneth…

Here’s a cute little item from the New York Times this past weekend: “Is Your Script Gender-Balanced? Try This Test.” Is…

It’s always risky to say anything about a prominent social pariah involving less than a call for hanging, drawing, and…

If Shakespeare were with us today, he might erroneously question, “What’s in a brand?” The answer is plenty. A brand…

A very serious civil rights struggle — the stuff that Martin Luther King surely envisioned — engulfs Brazil, home of…