Print media is under siege in France, too—but with a Gallic twist.

Let England Shake By P.J. Harvey As you look back over the past decade of popular music, the thing that stands out is how introspective and self-obsessed much of it has been. Given the significance of the events that transpired in the 2000s—from the attacks of 9/11, to an unprecedented two simultaneous foreign wars waged […]

The dissipation and ego that were Norman Mailer’s life have now sired lesser children.

A tale of seduction, credulousness and betrayal in the Levant.

Two books on anarchism suggest a new role for an old political philosophy.

On balance, no. It turns out that greed works after all.

The Obama Administration can’t avoid state-building if it wants to exit the war safely.

Even a weakened America can afford global pre-eminence.

Sean Wilentz’s unconventional biography of Bob Dylan.

The author of Reclaimed Powers looks back, and ahead.