Harvey Mansfield on Niccolò Machiavelli and the Origins of Modernity

Two infamous figures discuss another infamous figure. In the sixth conversation in our series with Harvey Mansfield, a discussion of the Florentine philosopher Niccolò Machiavelli. Click “Show more” to view all chapters. For more conversations, visit http://www.conversationswithbillkrist… Chapter 1 (00:15 – 35:55): Machiavelli on politics and morality Chapter […]

Daily News: January 1, 2023 The Week-The most anticipated movies of 2023; Poll: 2023 priorities include inflation, health care, climate

Brendan  Morrow The most anticipated movies of 2023 Theara  Coleman 8 must-read books in early 2023 Advertisement from Wisebread Insanely High Paying Rewards Cards of 2022 Jeva  Lange World rings in 2023 Jeva  Lange Croatia becomes a fully integrated member of the EU Advertisement from Wisebread Best Reward […]

Answering the Call in Ukraine

New York Review of Books Sponsored by CUNY Graduate Center, The Writers’ Institute Tim Judah Ukraine’s Volunteers Even more impressive than Ukraine’s will to fight is the vast network of citizens who are supporting the armed forces and helping those in need of food and supplies. Ben Lerner The […]

Saturday Commentary and Review #107 How Britain Built Diversity, Istvan Hont Revisited, al-Qaida and China, Laibach on Art and Europe, The Crypto Art Crash

Niccolo Soldo Dec 17, 2022 Share “The Great Replacement isn’t real” but the Great Replenishment is…..or something. It wasn’t all that long ago that the Brits voted for #Brexit because they did not want to see happen to their country what Angela Merkel was doing to Germany. They […]

Pussy Stroking Uncle Sam?

Linh Dinh Dec 29, 2022 [Bangkok, 12/30/22] Southeast Asians start their day very early. Walking down Phra Sumen around 5:40AM, I saw businesses setting up, with a handful already open. On Soi Kraisi, all the vegetable stalls were on full display. A monk was doing his round swapping […]

Jose Nino’s Digest: December 31, 2022 Russian Foreign Minister Claims the United States and NATO are Trying to Defeat Russia On the Battlefield, and more

Here are my most recent articles for you Russian Foreign Minister Claims the United States and NATO are Trying to Defeat Russia On the Battlefield In an interview with Russian state media outlet TASS, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov proclaimed that the United States and its NATO allies […]

2022 in Brief Encounters

New York Review of Books This year at The New York Review, we published fifty interviews as part of our “Brief Encounters” series. In these conversations with our contributors, which have covered topics are diverse as fairy tales, Michigan and Indiana, the politics of criticism, and the history of […]

Love Crashes In

Caitlin Johnstone 50 min ago Listen to a reading of “Love Crashes In”: Love crashes in from all directions, so peel me off the ground like Wile E Coyote and blow on my thumb to unflatten me. Love crashes in like an ACME anvil, like an ACME exploding […]

The Coming Split in the GOP?

By Dan Gerlenter, American Greatness ast week I wrote about Teddy Roosevelt and Donald Trump. My comparison wasn’t between the two men as presidents—though they had some similar personality traits—but between how the two men were treated by the Republican Party. The Republican Party of 1912 decided it […]

The War on Sex Workers

It seems like a rule that whenever government declares war on something, the problem gets worse. Elizabeth Nolan Brown is an award-winning journalist and Reason editor who writes about how hysteria around human trafficking has created a “War on Sex Workers” to complement the failed Wars on Drugs, […]

“Alcohol isn’t cool anymore”

December 30, 2022 Big news: Our Pulitzer Prize-winning comics team is back. The team’s newest illustrated report “Bulldozer injustice” tells the story of an Indian student activist who spoke out about government discrimination — only to have her family home destroyed. I encourage you to take a look […]