Prince of Europe’s long peace
Metternich: Strategist and Visionary by Wolfram Siemann reviewed
Paywall
Tuesday
Monday
The weak response to coronavirus is a symptom of the decay of the liberal state
The modern nation-state has always offered a deal: liberty for protection. America’s liberal state frequently fails to honor its side of the bargain
I fell out with my friend Chrysanthia over abortion
As a transwoman, the chance of me ever being able to have an abortion in my lifetime is slim
Friday
The human clay
As he collects more than three decades of thinking and writing about sculpture into a new book, Eric Gibson introduces a few of his favorite things
Do cry for her, Argentina
‘Poor people don’t want someone to protect them who is old and dowdy,’ Eva once explained
Wednesday
The remarkable Martha Treichler
Black Mountain left a mark on her and her husband Bill
Mass appeal: Stanford in Stamford
An American debut, only a century late
Tuesday
Impeachment: the verdict of history
The 22nd century looks back on the last days of liberal democracy
Time to scrap the Goldwater Rule
Biden’s many errors are tokens of serious mental incapacity
Monday
Addicted to Addis
We downed jugs of turbo, a popular Ethiopian concoction of white wine, beer and Sprite
Say cheese
Forget Kraft Singles: North American cheesemaking is thriving
Friday
Around the world in 49 days
The Idealist: Wendell Willkie’s Wartime Quest to Build One World by Samuel Zipp reviewed
Vintage Brooklyn: the wines of Red Hook
We tasted six or seven maturing wines straight from the barrel. It was a little like watching some young ballerinas
Thursday
Democracy in danger
Nothing quite matches the scale of today’s disillusionment with democracy
Tuesday
‘All rock ’n’ roll starts and ends with Lou Reed’
Our rock critic has made an album with R.E.M.’s Peter Buck. Here he explains how…
Uniform beats
Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany by Uwe Schütte reviewed
Monday
An old master who still feels new
El Greco is at the Art Institute of Chicago. Can we trust the modernists on the gifts of ‘The Greek’?
What makes Bloomie run?
Let’s not hear it for the little guy
Thursday
What the new nationalism means
The revolution is complete. The old revolutionaries are now the establishment
Wednesday
In praise of the Midwestern steakhouse
Frozen in culinary time
