It is a matter of necessity or a choice freely made; a burdensome condition or a vintage-Polaroid fantasy: to live in a van.

The only letter I’ve ever sent to the New York Times was in the 1980s, objecting to the paper’s suddenly pestilent use of “draconian.” During Iran–Contra the complaint must have seemed trivial; the ...

In July of last year, Donald Trump issued an executive order establishing the Make America Beautiful Again Commission, which claimed that his administration would “prioritize responsible conservation, ...

It’s when the branches of the animatronic tree sprout swords and start swinging at Tristan that I think, Hang on. Puy du Fou is a theme park devoted to French history. Isn’t King Arthur British? We’re ...

A Domestic Animal, by Francis King. McNally Editions. 256 pages. $19. Like many Englishmen, the neglected gay novelist Francis King was a bit buttoned-up. But the fault wasn’t entirely his own. He was ...

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I had had to shit ever since I woke up. In the morning, in the evening; I’m not sure when I woke up, but whenever that was, I had to shit since then. But I couldn’t. Or more accurately, I could only ...

Americans may have learned to live with soaring levels of inequality, but we have never really come to love our elites, and earlier this year, our relationship with the ruling class reached a new low.

To live in society involves putting up with people who we did not choose to know and may in fact prefer not to exist. Even those we basically like and get along with are sure, from time to time, to ...