After the New Left: Rereading Breaking Ranks

After the New Left: Rereading Breaking Ranks

By John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. The recent death of Norman Podhoretz prompted me to return to his “political memoir,” Breaking Ranks. Published in 1979, it deserves to be read or re-read today—and not simply as a historical account of his evolution from left to right...
Amici

Amici

Michelangelo and Titian: A Tale of Rivalry and Genius By William E. Wallace.  Princeton University Press, 2026. Hardcover, 248 pages, $35.00.  Reviewed by Jesse Russell. There is a running joke that Americans remain perpetually torn between Puritanism and pornography....