Archive - Middlebrow Musings

How To Revive Intellectualism in the U.S.

Everybody is a scholar, whether they know it or not.

Sep 5

August 2024

Conventions of a Conventional Mind

Brain hacking with Gertrude Stein

Aug 30

Tim Walz, Gen-X Libs and a New New Sincerity

It might be okay if Tim creeps you out for no reason.

Aug 22

David Mamet -- Political Conservative

What it means that this seems to matter.

Aug 16

Nesting Dolls of Art with Man Ray

My growing obsessions with the Dadaist, Surrealist and endless inventive artist.

Aug 11

July 2024

Assassins at 35

Everybody's got a right to their dreams

Jul 19

Old Books and Old Leaders

Apropos of nothing, of course.

Jul 12

Why Do Our Leaders Speak So Poorly?

A visit to Washington, D.C. reminds us of a bygone era for statecraft.

Jul 3

June 2024

Late to the party, but what a party!

Jun 28

Unsung Creative Lives

We all have impressive imagination, but it's not always indulged by the world.

Jun 21

Corporate Censorship is Real

But it only matters when it affects something you want to see.

Jun 14

May 2024

Surveillance and Sensibility

Public life when everything can be seen (and altered) in real time.

May 31

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