The language of the victimhood war
To own occupies a semantic field which turns out to be a Grimpen Mire
Life
The exhortative tradition in America
To summon your brethren to raise a City Upon a Hill as a beacon to all mankind is a pretty tall order
Mark Twain in Buffalo
Mark Twain would be hopelessly out of favor with both wings of the modern duopoly
Did the culture wars kill the New Year’s Eve party?
How do we celebrate when all the old pleasures have been pathologized?
Staten my preference
Staten Island offers the spiritual antonym to elitist performances such as the Met Gala and the Oscars that peddle a distortion of American life
