I doubt the words “college” and “heaven” have ever been intertwined in this magazine. (You may recall your college days as halcyon but humanists... Read More

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BOOK BY MARK O'CONNELL DOUBLEDAY, 2017 256 PP.; $26.95 To Be a Machine by versatile literary journalist Mark O’Connell is a travelogue about the... Read More

BOOK BY MATTHEW PARKER THOMAS DUNNE BOOKS/ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, 2017 304 PP.; $26.99 Were North America's original thirteen British colonies the first ones relinquished... Read More

BOOK BY RANDALL FULLER VIKING, 2017 302 PP.; $27.00 The Book That Changed America by Randall Fuller gives a well-researched and well-written account on... Read More

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Since I started writing film reviews, I’ve done three on movies that could properly be labeled as “right-wing,” either in a religious or political... Read More

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When I heard the news that improvisational theater director, writer, and director Gary Austin died on April Fool’s Day, I thought it was a... Read More