20 Years, 40 Seasons — Survivor Has Earned Its Name
Competing in the ultimate physical, social, and mental challenge, contestants demonstrate how much excellence human beings are capable of.
Books, Arts & Manners
How the Identity of the American Southwest Was Forged
In A Land Apart, Flannery Burke explores a distinctive region that is an integral part of our nation.
Sleuthing Out the Secret History of Stolen Art
London’s Victoria & Albert Museum delves into the sordid Nazi provenance of 15 items in its superb Gilbert Collection.
Searching for Life in the Outer Solar System
In his engaging new book Alien Oceans, NASA scientist Kevin Peter Hand draws a blueprint for the grand quest.
De Palma’s Quarantine, in Novel Form
Are Snakes Necessary? — co-authored with his wife — makes nice with #MeToo feminism.
Clarence Thomas, Living Proof of the American Dream
A new PBS documentary, Created Equal, shows how Thomas went from abject poverty to his seat on the Supreme Court.
Hong Kong Has Become a City Unstuck in Time
Two new books about the city’s troubled recent past shed light on its ominous political future.
Young Ahmed Shows Terrorism as Youthful Indiscretion
The Dardenne brothers' latest film trades fear and loathing for fear and compassion.
The Makings of Modern Madness
A history of hysteria and syphilis reveals how the separation of neurology and psychiatry has complicated our understanding of mental illness.
John Wayne: The Hero We Need Now
He survived the crash of 1929 by working from dawn to dusk, always loving America and defending its founding principles.