Radiohead delivers with “The King of Limbs”
Radiohead released “The King of Limbs” on Friday and after a preliminary listen, I love it. At 37 minutes in length, the new album is…
Arts & Culture
Twain’s Memoirs Well Worth 100-Year Wait
Twain, hard at work.By William D. Aubin Appropriately (if my readers will bear with me, you will see just how appropriately), my attempts to obtain,…
“Dumb and Dumber” with a Jihadist Face
Waj, one of the dimwitted aspirants to martyrdom depicted in “Four Lions” poses here with a toy AK-47.By Sterling C. Beard There are many things…
Updike’s Grand and Tantalizing Final Act
John Updike passed away in 2009.By J.P. Harrington A wrinkled, weathered face staring off into the distance – waiting for the inevitable end to approach…
Steve Martin Eyes the New York Art World
By Benjamin M. Riley Steve Martin, an active New York art collector, sheds light on the scene’s seamy underbelly in “An Object of Beauty.”It is…
Sam Harris’s Arbitrary Moral Vision
Sam Harris, author of “The Moral Landscape,” is one of America’s most noted atheists. By Blake S. Neff When I was growing up, one kernel…
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, But I Like It: Keith Richards’s “Life”
By Georgia Travers Keith Richards came from the most humble circumstances – an impoverished boy from the London factory slum of Dartford – to become…
Hillenbrand Delivers a Profile in Courage
By Thomas Hauch Olympic runner and World War II veteran Louis Zamperini is the subject of Laura Hillenbrand’s bestseller, “Unbroken” (Random House).“All he could see,…
Google: Storing Our Minds in the Cloud?
Author Nicholas Carr is a Dartmouth ’81.By Svati Narula The Shallows is based off a cover story Mr. Carr wrote for The Atlantic magazine a…
Tory Truth-Telling From Across the Pond
By Sterling C. Beard Daniel Hannan, a Conservative Member of the European Parliament from Britain, is a noted Eurosceptic and Atlanticist.I first became aware of…