By Sep 28,2003

Book review: The End of Democracy?

The End of Democracy?: The Celebrated First Things Debate, With Arguments Pro and Con, and “The Anatomy of a Controversy” by Richard John Neuhaus Edited by Mitchell S. Muncy Spence Publishing Company, 288...

By Sep 14,2003

Against biography?

British literary feuds are such fun. The journalist, novelist, and biographer A.N. Wilson has just published a biography of sorts of Iris Murdoch. I say “of sorts” because Iris Murdoch as I Knew Her is not a...

By Aug 17,2003

The carnivorous country

A carnivorous jaunt through Argentina proves that not just the good food, but its celebrated culture of meat eating, that makes the country great.

By Mar 09,2003

Wrong way on the Segway

Every once in a while there will be a news story–usually an innocuous one that nobody pays attention to–that makes me think, “That’s it, that’s the paradigm for trouble.” Today’s...

By Mar 03,2003

Greeks, Guatemalans, and the GOP

Last year the low-budget film “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” netted $249 million at the domestic box office. According to Hollywood business analysts, an audience largely composed of people who...