Man reads newspaper under lamp
John Koch, “The Reader” 1935

Category: The Culture

  • Arrogant college prof gets schooled

    Imagine the guy’s progressive hubris! UW-Eau Claire suspended a professor for flipping over a lit table the College Republicans set up on election day in April. Must sit out a whole year, without pay. Won’t be promoted to full professor. The perp, José Felipe Alvergue, chaired its English department! In a sense, the prof fell victim…

  • Epstein conspiracists won’t even believe Trump!

    What does the Deep State have on him? It’s sending shockwaves through MAGA world: The Jeffrey Epstein list — the Curley’s Gold of conspiracy theories — doesn’t exist! That list of clients supposedly used by the late, unlamented pedophile to blackmail Chuck Schumer & Co. to do his unholy bidding — a fiction! A myth! Fake News!…

  • A Good American family was communist!

    You want fraught? Try the 1950s! Finished reading over this Independence Day weekend a book that explores the meaning of patriotism: A Good American Family; The Red Scare and My Father. David Maraniss wrote his 12th book about his parents, especially his father Elliott, our own editor back in the day. A Good American Family…

  • Wouldn’t it be nice

    An appreciation of Brian Wilson. What’s the big news today? The Wisconsin State Journal reports that the City of Madison is making it easier to subdivide large lots in the quest for greater housing density. (Stay tuned on that one!) The Wall Street Journal leads with efforts to roll back rules on power plant pollution.…