Wagner charts the ages of man in Bayreuth’s production of The Valkyrie.

U.S. Air Force proposals to mothball America’s premier close air support jet just don’t add up.

The second of a four-part series on “The Nadir of Modernity and the Disorientation of U.S. Foreign Policy.”

When heaven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

But when it comes to this year’s election, Hillary Clinton may be the more authentically “Republican” candidate—even in the Kremlin’s eyes.

A “trashy and incoherent” Ring Cycle provides insight into why Americans find the European arts scene so often bizarre.

Rebellion is stirring in the West, and maybe that’s not a bad thing.

Trump understands what the classic demagogues of the 20th century understood: namely, that in a democracy it is possible to gain millions of votes by appealing to the worst in people.

At the Salzburg Festival, two of Europe’s most respected artists make a shocking pronouncement.

Revisiting America’s master musical miniaturist, Scott Joplin.