Culture
Depeche Mode Confronts Mortality
‘Memento Mori,’ the band’s latest album, is its most personal yet. But the songs largely fail to engage.
The Free Speech Switcheroo
It used to be conservatives asking, ‘Is the juice worth the squeeze?’
Tales of Loneliness, Stories of Syncretism
A review of Samanta Schweblin’s ‘Seven Empty Houses’ and Scholastique Mukasonga’s ‘Kibogo.’
Making Money, Not Watches
Rolex’s new designs show how the company is more interested in creating online clout and scarcity than watches.
Under the Black Flag
Making the AR-15 the powerful cultural symbol it is today has been a collaborative effort by those who love them and those who detest them.
Socrates and Xi Jinping Go Into a Bar
A review of ‘Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism.’
‘He Does Everything You’re Supposed to Do’
A shining knight emerges from the Netflix golf docuseries.