Magazine – Life & Arts

NFL sports football history book

If you love the NFL, read Peter King’s ‘The Game’

Michael Taube · October 25, 2026 6:50 am

A worker adjusts the paitning "Nighthawks" by famous U.S. artist Edward Hopper.

Edward Hopper, flaws and all, sketched in new biography

ancient literature greek philosphy wine-dark sea

‘Odyssey’ translator Emily Wilson offers a new essay collection

The Monkees (from left, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz) pose with their Emmy award on June 4, 1967. They won for best comedy series and best comedy direction for their television program The Monkees. (AP Photo)

The only band that ever mattered was … the Monkees

U.S. Marines flinch as shell booms from the tube of their mortar on a sweeping operation south of Da Nang, South Vietnam on Dec. 1, 1966, in an area believed to be under strong Vietcong influence. While the mortar is capable of being hand-held, it is normally placed on a heavy base plate to stand on its own. (Dang Van Phuoc/AP Photo)

When the Army calls, heroes answer

Students carrying signs protest a canceled commencement speech by its 2024 valedictorian who has publicly supported Palestinians on the campus of University of Southern California on Thursday, April 18, 2024. USC was citing security concerns, in a rare decision that was praised by several pro-Israel groups and lambasted by free speech advocates and the country's largest Muslim civil rights organization.

We argue about campus free speech because we forget what the university is for

David Polansky May 23, 2024 9:15 pm

The commencement address we need

Rob Long May 23, 2024 9:00 pm

The Phantom Menace at 25

Grant Addison May 17, 2024 5:40 am

The multiverse strikes again: Review of Dark Matter on Apple TV+

Graham Hillard May 17, 2024 2:30 am

The wisdom of age vs. the wisdom of teeth

Rob Long May 16, 2024 11:10 pm

The Planet of the Apes franchise forgets the purpose of civilization

Armin Rosen May 16, 2024 10:35 pm

The public W.H. Auden

Joseph Bottum May 16, 2024 10:05 pm

What Glenn Loury taught me

Jesse Adams May 16, 2024 9:30 pm

Review of ‘Morning After the Revolution’ by Nellie Bowles

Chris R. Morgan May 16, 2024 9:15 pm

Surviving the USS Forrestal fire

Trent Reedy May 16, 2024 9:05 pm

Why F1’s pipeline for female drivers is a fraud

Jack Baruth May 10, 2024 7:00 am

John Mulaney’s talk show of the weird

J. Oliver Conroy May 10, 2024 4:15 am