Folk Culture

By late February 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin had been amassing forces along Ukraine’s border for months, arraying tanks, infantry,...

“Kings scarcely recognize themselves as mortals, scarcely understand that which pertains to man,” John Milton wrote, “except on the day...

After 42 years of academic life—not counting five years spent getting a Ph.D.—I am hanging it up. A while back,...

At 90 most of her is thinning, her mind a sheet of paper with perforations. Yesterday she asked five times...

Almost a week has passed since Joe Biden’s feeble debate performance. The president’s defenders are sticking with a rehearsed one-two...

I’ve learned two things for sure since President Joe Biden’s debate debacle last Thursday: First, that Republicans are not the...

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Hurricane Beryl is an unprecedented storm. It’s been nearly 174 years since certain parts of the Caribbean have experienced a...

Forget Donald Trump. Forget Joe Biden. Think instead about the Constitution. What does this document, the supreme law of our...

When I saw Ti West’s X in 2022, I felt refreshed. Yes, his lurid slasher—set in 1979 on a rural...