Statues and limitations
How we can reckon with the past without destroying it
Arts Reviews
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
Sunday
Saturday
Perry Mason jars
A brutal backstory for HBO’s decadent detective
Friday
If only Kanye’s run were serious
The legendary rapper could run a successful campaign if he commits
Wednesday
Halle Berry and the death of acting
The LGBT hit squad kills another role
Tuesday
Uncle Tom shows another side of the African American story
Black America is hardly a monolith
Kanye West and the uncancelables
It’s hard not to admire people who get rich and say whatever they want
Monday
Moral dictatorships and double standards
Does liberalism make you immune to cancel culture?
Revolution then: The Patriot stands alone
Gibson achieves peace of mind by dismembering a redcoat with a hatchet
Sunday
Louis C.K. pulls it off
Funny is money
Saturday
Tori rebel
Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Courage and Change by Tori Amos reviewed
Wednesday
The Oscars and the triumph of Social Justice Realism
Hollywood’s audiences don’t care about diversity in movies as much as people in Hollywood do
Tuesday
Cotton, slaves and arrogance: the message of Gone with the Wind
The film makes us love something that didn’t really exist
Monday
I hate the Nineties
The Nineties began in hope but ended in disaster
Sunday
Why has Nickelodeon outed SpongeBob Squarepants?
The cartoon sponge has been cruelly yanked out of the closet
Thursday
Don’t defund PAW Patrol
Three-year-olds will not be happy when Chase the police dog is forcibly removed from their lives
Wednesday
Count my blessings
Meeting the inimitable Basie
We need black conservatism
We are living through an update of radical chic. Elite white liberals are apologizing for and even applauding the worst riots in a generation, if not two. They are now joined by people who used to pretend at least that they were Republicans — former President George W. Bush and former nominee Mitt Romney have … Read more
Sunday
Christo’s art of self-promotion
The late artist and his wife spent years assiduously burnishing his image
Monday
The shape of things
On shape-note singing and my friend Stephen
Tuesday
The Real White House Housewives
A first look at The Right View, the Trump campaign’s new talk show
