CONSIDER THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT: He is pathologically narcissistic and supremely arrogant. He has a grotesque sense of entitlement, never doubting that he can do whatever he chooses. He loves to bark orders and watch underlings…
A review of a new documentary on Fred Rogers. There are a number of sharp vignettes from “Won’t You Be My Neighbor,” the documentary of the life and work of Mr. Fred Rogers, the genial host…
READING THE COUNTERLIFE. Last week we learned about the death of Philip Roth, a novelist thought by many admirers both inside and outside the university, to be among the best American writers of the post-World…
Although the setting of Good Times, the first African-American sitcom (1974-79), was unnamed, many assumed it to be Cabrini-Green. There are many lenses that one can use to look at the history of Chicago since WWII.…
BANNISTER DIED RECENTLY AT THE AGE OF 88. I don’t recall if in 1954 I was mindful of the headline that Roger Bannister was the first human to break the 4-minute mile barrier.…
From his comfortable and secure position on the economics faculty at George Mason University, staunch libertarian Bryan Caplan has seemingly bitten the hand that feeds him by going after the wastefulness of our misguided approach…
After serving as a Border Control Agent for four years, Francisco Cantu entered the MFA program in creative non fiction at the University of Arizona in part to understand through writing the nature of…
In 2017 the best picture award was given to a low-budget independent film set in South Florida. Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, was the story of the awkward evolution of a gay man who begins…
I’m haunted by this photograph that was part of the New York Times “A Year in Pictures” series. It filled the entire front page of the December 24th Week in Review section of the paper.…
According to Jessica Bruder, the author of Nomadland, it was most likely done by seasonal workers who are part of a nomadic tribe of Americans living precariously in the new economy. For little more…