The author of China’s Crony Capitalism discusses the Chinese response to COVID-19, why the Communist Party reads Alexis de Tocqueville, and why the Chinese regime is both brittle and aggressive at the same time.
Published: May 06, 2020
Leonid Pasternak, “The Passion of Creation” (Wikimedia Commons)
A new memoir by George Scialabba, an unsung giant of criticism, is a gripping portrait of life under the spell of depression—and also a model of true intellectual inquiry.
The Grammy-winning conductor, composer, and artistic director of the City Choir of Washington looks back on a lifetime in music—from studying under Nadia Boulanger to his newest composition inspired by COVID-19.
Netflix’s hit show Unorthodox is just the latest entertainment about young people fleeing orthodox Jewish communities. It’s worth asking why these narratives are resonating now.
Is China a rising threat to be confronted boldly, or a manageable problem to be handled patiently? Four new studies offer ammunition for both sides of the debate.
Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year vividly records how human nature can devolve amid a pandemic—and challenges us all to grow in a time of crisis.
Published: Apr 25, 2020
“Accusing the anointers in the great plague of Milan in 1630” (Wikimedia Commons)
A classic short story by Danish writer Jens Peter Jacobsen—notorious in his time for its pessimism—offers a surprising kernel of hope in our own time of plague.
History shows that for the world’s autocrats, some control over the media is never enough—and COVID-19 offers dangerous new pretexts for consolidating their power.
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