Free Beacon Joseph Bottum


The Science of Boldly Going Where We've Gone Before

Review: 'Treknology: The Science of Star Trek from Tricorders to Warp Drive' by Ethan Siegel

Bad People And Good Art

Review: 'The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound' by Daniel Swift

Monstrous Interpretations

Review: New editions of 'Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus' by Mary Shelley

The Fire This Time

Review: Authors respond to the rash of wildfires taking over the west

The Virtual Is Not the Real

Review: 'Dawn of the New Everything' by Jaron Lanier

Remembering Stalin's Hunger

Review: 'Red Famine' by Anne Applebaum

Fraud, American Style

Review: 'Bunk: The Rise of Hoaxes, Humbug, Plagiarists, Phonies, Post-Facts, and Fake News' by Kevin Young

Um, Tell Me What You Mean

Review: 'How We Talk: The Inner Workings of Conversation' by N.J. Enfield

An Imperfect Portrait

Review: 'Mrs Osmond' by John Banville

Where Have You Gone, Arthur Schlesinger?

Review: 'Schlesinger: The Imperial Historian' by Richard Aldous