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The Jaundiced Eyeball
The Pseudo Bowl of Politics
Like most revered American public traditions, presidential debates are jury-rigged miasmas. True, Monday’s feverishly hyped Hofstra University rhetorical slugfest between Democratic …
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Selected Salvos
Pity, O God, the Republican
“Nobody will protect our Nation like Donald J. Trump. Our military will be greatly strengthened and our borders will be strong. …
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Books
Cotton Tenants: Three Families
A rediscovered masterpiece of reporting by a literary icon and a celebrated photographer. In 1941, James Agee and Walker Evans published Let …
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Stories
Drums of Zaragoza
We practiced in the attic of her father’s orthodontic surgery. Stacked neatly against the back wall were hundreds of small white …
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Art