St. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It? If Western civilization were asked, in the terms of the old Reader’s Digestcolumn, to name the Most Unforgettable Character It Ever Met, it would surely answer, with a single, sighing voice: Paul. Not Sir P... See more
Donald Trump’s Triumphal Arch and the Architecture of Autocracy “When asked by a reporter whom the arch would be for, Trump said, “Me.” The latest in the Trumpite series of proposed oversized buildings—the previous one being a ballroom where the East Wing... See more
Published Money makes the world go round,” the cynical old maxim, and Broadway show tune, runs. “Follow the money,” a maxim minted in the film “All the President’s Men,” has become just as familiar. Yet in practice we rarely follow the money far enough to... See more
Winning the 1969 World Series helped turn the Mets into a civic legend. Some books, to amend a motto from Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,� are born ironic, some achieve irony, and some have irony thrust upon ’em. A. M. Gittlitz’s “Metropolitans:... See more
"Money makes the world go round,� the cynical old maxim, and Broadway show tune, runs. “Follow the money,� a maxim minted in the film “All the President’s Men,� has become just as familiar. Yet in practice we rarely follow the money far enough... See more
