The Gospel According to Terry
Secularists must concede the futility of attempts to find a substitute for God.
Spring 2025
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The Naxal Novel
A series of novels captures the moral and political ambiguities of India’s Maoist insurgency.
Florence Gordon Writes a Memoir
It’s astonishing how little people know each other, even old friends. . . .
Scenes from the novel Florence Gordon.
Brute Ideology
Witchcraft and racecraft—unlike witches and race—are things that actually exist.
“They Did What They Liked”: Chevron and Dow on Trial
Over decades, U.S. multinationals have developed a formidable arsenal of legal tactics to escape accountability abroad.
The Passion of Mario Savio
Saint, saboteur, or square? Fifty years after the Free Speech Movement, a look back at its charismatic leader.
Odd Women
George Gissing’s novel captured our two-steps-forward, one-step-back journey to the “new” woman and man.
Refusing Marcuse: 50 Years After One-Dimensional Man
In the decades following the New Left’s collapse, has the stature of any intellectual fallen more dramatically than that of Herbert Marcuse?
Candide’s Garden: A Parable
When changing the very mechanisms for change is off-limits . . .
Theses on the Feminist Novel
Not every novel that concerns itself with the lives of women is a feminist novel.
Passports for Sale
Until recently, becoming a citizen of a country has largely been regarded as priceless—a rare intangible privilege that can’t be bought or sold. This perception is starting to fade.
For Pleasure: A Letter
Difficulty is not an inherent virtue. A book must on some level give pleasure.
Politics As Psychological Fulfillment: Judith Stein Responds to Rick Perlstein
Part three of our debate on the rise of the right.
“The View From 30,000 Feet”:
Rick Perlstein Responds to Judith Stein
The author of Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan debates reviewer Judith Stein on the rise of the right in the 1970s.
The Rise of Reagan’s America
In his latest book, Rick Perlstein tells lively stories at the expense of the political complexity.
