Some pithy quotes to keep in mind for the New Year.
Book Interview: The Late Harold Bloom Talks Religion
Literary critic Harold Bloom passed away at the age of 89 two days ago; here’s an illuminating interview with Bloom from 2005.
Arts Interview: Talking With David Milch
“I’ve been beaten. I know what that’s like. They say, who has been a nail, can learn to be a hammer.”
Television Commentary: Martin v. Tolkien
Is it all, from here on out, to be about Daenerys v. John Snow for the Iron Throne?
Feature: Quotes for the New Year
Some pithy quotes to keep in mind for the New Year.
Television Review: “Shtisel” — A Charming Look at Jerusalem’s Ultra-Orthodox
Shtisel offers a humane glimpse into the lives of people who would normally be shrouded from me by all sorts of religious and political barriers.
Film Commentary: A Critical Dichotomy — Time to Resolve It
It’s as if critics of silent films were barred from discussing talkies, or devotees of black and white were banned from discussing color.
Culture Watch: George Soros — Foe of Illiberal Democracy
Now George Soros is mostly known as favored target of the right, more onerous to it, it seems, than even — Lock Her Up! — Hillary Clinton.
Book Review: On “The Road to Unfreedom”?
I say we need this book now, but the truth is we needed it even more a while ago.
Cultural Commentary: George Soros, The Peppered Moth
Roseanne Barr recently apologized to billionaire Holocaust survivor George Soros for claiming he collaborated with the Nazis.