Voices
Bill McGarvey, a musician and writer, is the author of The Freshman Survival Guide and owner of McG-Media.com.
Arts & CultureFilm
The Best Picture winner is soaked in what Bernard Lonergan called ‘startling strangeness.’
Arts & CultureTelevision
Chappelle’s two latest specials wade deeply into our national conversation.
Arts & CultureMusic
The self-described “first child of the baby boom,” Jann Wenner is not happy with a new biography.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Tom Petty died on Monday at age 66, and anyone who knows me well understands that it is a personal loss.
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Paul McCartney’s concert was a much-needed reminder that joy and beauty and love are not crushed by darkness.
Arts & CultureMusic
Finn’s songs somehow manage to avoid cheap nihilism in favor of a palpable sense of mercy.
Politics & SocietyIdeas
Who better to combat the absurd, dark joke at the heart of the rise of Trumpism than someone like Al Franken?
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Diana Henriques wrote the book on Madoff. She says Donald Trump is no con man.
Arts & CultureLast Take
The documentary series “Five Came Back” and the British film “Their Finest” have brought World War II propaganda films back into public consciousness.
Arts & CultureLast Take
“Accidental Courtesy” chronicles Davis’ fascination with the K.K.K., from the 1980s through his current work with the Klan, American Nazis and other white supremacists and separatists.