William Lawrence, a progressive running in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House in Michigan, is responding to backlash over his previous criticism of Black political leaders. The Huffington Post on Saturday published Lawrence’s comments from a 2024 episode of his podcast, in which the Democrat accused some Black lawmakers of being “a pillar, frankly, for establishment,…
In the record business they have a refrain: you have your whole life to write your first album. A debut novel is much the same, it can feel like the statement of a long-lived thesis or the discovery of a
As lazy, sultry, summer Saturday afternoons go, today couldn’t be more perfect. The setting is the Villa Arnica in Lana, Südtirol. The temperature is hovering around 30C but there’s plenty of shade and a refreshing breeze from the Dolomites. The
During my early teenage years, I got into an argument with an elderly DVD store attendee about who directed the movie Heat. I insisted that it was a Michael Mann picture. He insisted it was a William Goldman picture. We
