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Robert Ingersoll is all but unknown in our time. Susan Jacoby sets out to answer why. One answer she proposes is that it was generally assumed that the reactionary expressions of religion Ingersoll contended against would simply fade away over time, to be replaced by education, broader culture and scientific reason.
Read More“Fairness and Freedom” is a cultural/political/social history of the United States and New Zealand in one volume. To the general reader’s likely question, “Why would anyone put the two in one book?”, author’s answer and binding theme is that both former British colonies are open societies with liberal democratic systems, but with a difference.
Read MoreAll the Single Ladies is an ambitious book, packed with so many interesting people and ideas that I often wanted to hear far more about each.
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This was an improved edition of the Berlin International Film Festival, and a number of films seem poised to travel widely, despite being largely ignored by the US media.
Read MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
Read MoreAn Arts Fuse regular feature: the arts on stamps of the world.
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The communication among the group members is at a high level and the playing is flawless.
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Our theater critics pick some of the outstanding productions of a year truncated by COVID-19.
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Recently, some artists have come out of the closet and put their prog hearts on their sleeves with new recordings that celebrate the heyday of progressive rock.
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Two Californias is full of humor, good writing, and thoughtful angles on human existence—with zombies thrown in for good measure.
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Arts Feature: Best Movies (With Some Disappointments) of 2025