With the collapse of communism, Russia was to transform itself into a liberal democracy. Yet it has became a “supervillain” once again. The effect of all this on a young Russian scholar is novelist Keith Gessen’s tale to tell.
Gorbachev was never able to reconcile his liberal leanings with the Marxist-Leninist communism he publicly professed and apparently believed in privately. Scholars still debate whether this was a good thing or bad.
Fox News host and author Tucker Carlson raises a question that no one else dares ask: Are we a country anymore?
His career was one long fight against the command-and-control schemes that led to a Great Depression and two world wars.
ModernAge.com Exclusive! This fall marks the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre. Two books fill you in on how the media have been deceiving you about Jim Jones’s Democratic enablers.
The organ may be associated with boring church music, but R.J. Stove proves it is an instrument of great power, color, and expressive possibilities.
The last person you’d expect to adapt an Edith Wharton novel for the big screen is the director of Raging Bull and Goodfellas. But he did. And it’s great.
After reading this survey of the world of Anthony Powell, you’ll want to join in his Dance, a comedy of British manners both intimate and panoramic.
W. M. Spackman was an inconstant critic, a minor novelist, and a sometime teacher of Latin. He could also be quite devastating.
Essayist, critic, short story writer: Joseph Epstein’s broad range of knowledge, shrewdness, and prudence make him a commentator of distinction.
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