A singular movie among John Ford’s work, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance showcases the American West and questions narratives about heroes, politics, and America itself.Homework for next episode will be to watch Howard Hawks’ El Dorado.
One year ago, Eric Adams, mayor of New York, welcomed the first busload of illegal immigrants to the Big Apple. One year later he is crying in his cider:
This next group of Westerns, from the 1960-1990 time period, starts with a perhaps unexpected entry: Akira Kurosawa’s 1961 Yojimbo, a film in dialogue with, and a major influence on, the Western genre.
Where in the world did people get the idea that children have the right to a free education provided by the state?
In this Podcast, 18 Minutes, the topic is the Flash Mob Rule that now controls major American cities.
In the fourth book of the Iliad, the gods begin to reveal their great power, though it is neither unlimited nor unanimous. It is very easy to misread their role.
In the first installment, we talked a great deal–as the title would suggest–about food and food technology. There is an unlimited number of topics, ranging from gardening to travel to the virtualization of reality. This week I propose clothing.
Donald Trump wonders how a lowlife like Jack Smith can justify his illegal surveillance. It’s a fair question. How did an American lawyer get the idea that he was entitled to ignore the American legal system in order to gain a conviction?
A visitor to Athens, Thomas Fleming agreed to meet me and the result was the interview you are about to read, which gives answers to major issues that concern modern man in the West
