Articles of Note
Months into World War I, both George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Mann wrote essays on the conflict. A lifetime of controversy ensued ... more »
New Books
On the origin of exercise. Socially productive effort has degenerated into fake toil. Work has become working out. Is capitalism to blame? ... more »
Essays & Opinions
Duke Ellington led a formidable beast of an orchestra. But it lacked something essential. He found it in Jimmy Blanton's bass... more »
