Published on April 28th, 2009 by Malachi
Today, Tuesday, we have the debut column of Ross Douthat as the right-wing columnist at the New York Times. His column will appear on Tuesdays. He is a younger guy, who has been strongly –and I sense without knowing too much about him– insightfully critical of the Republican/Conservative who are coming across [...]
keep reading »Published on April 24th, 2009 by Malachi
Heads-up: Don’t miss Maira Kalman in today’s NYT. She will be presenting her series, “The Pursuit of Happiness” on the last Friday of the month, for the next 5 (I believe) months.
http://kalman.blogs.nytimes.com/
I’m sure I’m not the first person to wonder if “pursuit” ever means “catching up with”. This time I was moved [...]
Published on April 18th, 2009 by Malachi
I’ve unfortunately had to leave my subscription to The New Yorker slide in the current belt-tightening, but I did catch online a most interesting little piece by George Packer on the evolution of Irving Kristol (–some of you will know him as “father of Bill”.)
It’s worth checking out –in a way it clarifies why the [...]
