Category: Media

What would happen if extraterrestrial aliens landed in the USA or China? United States They set down in a parking…

I have discovered a simple way to improve some of the gadgets around my house. It costs a few dollars,…

Not everything coming out of Washington involves politicians, press conferences, or partisan arguments. The U.S. Government also provides genuine and…

There is a peculiar phenomenon spreading across American social media. It involves middle-aged men sitting in expensive leather armchairs, surrounded…

Ten years ago, we were warned that technology companies were turning our personal lives into a commercial product. Today, we…

The French protests of May 1968 gave us some really great posters. You can view a collection of 500 posters…

Nearly six decades after students brought France to the brink of political upheaval, a new generation is taking to the…

As discerning readers of my new and largely unnoticed personal mini blog may have noticed I use a lot of…

The decline of serious nonfiction publishing raises an uncomfortable question: Are we losing interest in understanding the world, or are…

In a California laundromat during the summer of 2020, a stranger noticed Drew Calvert reading a novel and asked whether…

“How to Suppress Men’s Writing” by Adam Szetela (Quillette, 23 October 2026) Szetela argues that the Big Five publishers (Simon…

America has produced some remarkable consumer products. The automobile, the personal computer, the smartphone, and countless inventions that have transformed…

J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books offered Millennials something increasingly absent from modern life: enchantment. Hogwarts represented more than an entertaining…

Nearly a decade ago, philosopher Martha Nussbaum warned that fear and resentment were poisoning American democracy. In 2026, her observations…