Introduction As a lover of both epic adventures and animal stories, Richard Adams’ 1972 novel Watership Down has long ranked among my favorite books. Though on its surface a fantasy… Read More

Civilization and savagery are fundamentally at war.We’re in a war between savages and civilization. Everything else is a detail.Some of us woke up to that war when planes crashed into… Read More

In The State as Modern-Day Superstition (Unraveling the Illusions of Authority) over at the Mises Institute, Michael Matulef points out thatIn contemporary times, the state has assumed an a… Read More

Since before I was born, my dad has been a uniform-wearing individual. When I was a youngster, I used to show my companion his storeroom as a gag, kidding that it seemed to be an outtake fro… Read More

Apple Yellowstone, the most popular drama on linear television, hasn’t had a hot last half year. Fans of the show were horrified when rumor spread that star Kevin Costner was tryin… Read More

The Legend of the Headless Nun Forbidden Passion and Punishment in a Remote Convent The tale of the Headless Nun of St. Margaret’s Bay has been frightening Nova Scotians for over… Read More

When does a sporting fixture shift from a simple competition to a deep-rooted rivalry?  At what point does a meeting between two teams, be they national or domest… Read More

The cover of Prudence Peiffer’s new book, The Slip, features the kind of photograph New York City dreams are made of. In the 1958 shot, taken by Hans Namuth, a bohemian-looking group… Read More

When Oppenheimer meets Truman, he’s still shaken by the body count of his creation. Truman, though, is genial and boastful about having bombed Hiroshima — he’s forgot… Read More

It was a regular Saturday afternoon in 1964 when Pat O’Connor saw something that would change the course of Australian football forever. Standing beside a football field in west… Read More

by Sherif M. AwadReligion and cinema are two powerful forces that have shaped the American culture and identity. Both have the capacity to create and recreate worlds, to tell stories, to evo… Read More

Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo has signed a bill granting $380 million to the Oakland A’s to help build the team’s planned ballpark in Las Vegas. Lombardo, a Republican, signed the bil… Read More

Credits Joe Zadeh is a writer based in Newcastle. In 1929, one of Germany’s national newspapers ran a picture story featuring globally influential people who, the headline procla… Read More

Hindu Jesus in a Music Movie? A K-Pop Band Runs Afoul of FansA tempest on the musical organization BlackpinkвЂs usage of a Hindu god in a video clip ended up being the latest ins… Read More

Pathu Thala: A Mythical Tale of Revenge, Redemption, and BetrayalIntroduction:Pathu Thala is a gripping Tamil film directed by Gautham Menon and starring Silambarasan as the protagonist. Th… Read More

In 1893, the historian Frederick Jackson Turner argued with bittersweet persuasiveness that the American frontier was now closed, that its day was done. Maybe the actual frontier was over… Read More

Cut content is an inevitability in the business of making videogames. A studio might generate a million ideas over the course of a five-year development cycle, but as the release date looms… Read More

The night is dark, perhaps just before dawn. City lights abound, with the road a ribbon stippling across the landscape. A note of music is quickly followed by the growl of an automobile engi… Read More

Prospect Magazine is not happy with the artistic licenses that Emily takes with the actual facts in Emily Brontë's life:Why is it so hard to find the real Emily Brontë?A new biogra… Read More

Culture Club Like many ends-driven Trump voters, the Lincoln Project head honchos have made moral compromises, too. Marget Long By Joanna Weiss10/09/2022 08:15 AM EDTLink CopiedJoanna Weiss… Read More

Ralph Ordaz True crime stories are booming like never before, from podcasts to docuseries to the constant influx of deeply researched new books on murders, heists, kidnappings, and more… Read More

20 Best MasterClass Courses 2022A review of the best MasterClass courses and classes. Learn from the best.The illustrious Tony Robbins is known for saying “Success Leaves Clues.”… Read More

Second Round essays: Henke Can't Read · Henke Can't Argue Philosophy Very Well Either · Henke Still Can't Read - Or Hasn't Done so To Lewis · To Reaffirm "Earliest Known… Read More

Disney’s dedicated streamer Disney Plus is absolutely brimming with stuff to watch. There are Disney classics, new originals, and plenty more, including titles from Pixar, Marvel… Read More

There is a certain kind of skepticism that nests like an ominous crow in the branches of cultural relativism. It is aimed at all the myths and motifs that are used in the hegemonic strata of… Read More

The city of Nizams in its many renditions has etched its presence in the fabric of history. In its modern version of serpentine alleyways, choked with vehicles, autorickshaws and people, the… Read More

Stephen Chbosky’s “Dear Evan Hansen” is a movie adaptation of a Broadway musical that opened in 2016, clearly worked on stage but constantly misses as a movie. Twee and ove… Read More

The final event of the Brontë Parsonage Museum-Elizabeth Gaskell's House series of talks:'This Unlucky Book' fact, fiction and mythmaking in Elizabeth Gaskell's 'The Life of Charlotte B… Read More

Cowboys is a touching and nuanced depiction of a Montana family facing up to their transgender son’s recent transition. Touching on themes of gender, masculinity and identity all again… Read More

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Quotes Environment Change takes courage. Alexandria Ocasio-CortezWe are fighting for an unapologetic movement for economic, social, and racial justice in the Unit… Read More

Getty/Uproxx The Social Network, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher, winner of best adapted screenplay, editing, and score at the 2011 Oscars, turns 10 years old on Oc… Read More