Isaac Asimov’s Comforting Technocratic Fable
The sci-fi great’s Foundation novels are an unrealistic depiction of free will, civilization, and crisis management.
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COVID-19 and . . . 2024?
The amount of things we know for certain is, at this time, incredibly low.
Trump, the States, and COVID-19
Molly Jong-Fast of the Daily Beast has found President Trump’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak unsatisfactory.
The End Is Near? Three Apocalyptic Novels
What Christian dystopias can and can’t teach us about our present moment.
Coronavirus Comes: Professional Elites Working from Home Hardest Hit?
The professional elites profiled in a Washington Post feature complain in a manner that is somewhat disproportionate to their plight.
Misremembering Fusionism
It would help Knowles’s analysis if he presented a fuller understanding of the history from which he is drawing.
RIP Max von Sydow, 1929–2020
Max von Sydow had a long and storied career, starting in Sweden and rising to international fame in the films of Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.