Jason Reitman’s film Saturday Night dramatizes the evolution of comedy in the last century.
Ryan Shinkel
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Feb 10, 2020
Leon Kass moved from science to the humanities as a renowned teacher of great books and applier of their wisdom, and we can learn much from him.
Sep 28, 2018
First Reformed shows that what follows old-time religion is less a secular paradise and more a nihilism that can only be saved by grace.
May 7, 2018
The democratic hero: modest but dogged General Grant, with his homespun manners, who seemed just another face in the crowd.
Oct 23, 2017
American grit was once thought permanent. With the right stuff, a single person with a few kindred spirits could find salvation, start a business, run for offic
Ryan Shinkel is the Executive Editor with Athwart, an intellectual web magazine. His work is available on X, and on his Substack, “Mortals.”