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…
Arts & Culture
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…
D’Souza’s “Rage” a Middling Psychoanalysis
Dinesh D’Souza ’83 (and former Review editor) is currently the president of King’s College in New York City.By Elizabeth Reynolds Barack Obama’s first book, a…
Glenn Beck’s 8-Step Program to Recovery
By Michael L. Klein “We are perhaps too much inclined to think that [external invasion] is the only way a civilization can die,” writes Alexis…
Franzen’s False Cry of “Freedom”
By Melanie Wilcox Critically acclaimed American author Jonathan Franzen gained widespread attention from his 2001 novel, The Corrections, which earned him a National Book Award. …