Gene Hackman Talks About His Father

There is a word in the Hebrew Bible with dots above it. Not vowel markings, but mysterious, heavy ink dots hovering just above the consonants. In the entire expanse of the Old Testament, scribes placed these puncta extraordinaria over only fifteen specific passages....

As a cultural analyst, I rarely find myself praising contemporary film or television. That is not because good storytelling is impossible today, but because it is increasingly rare. Which is why Taylor Sheridan’s new series The Madison deserves attention....

David captured a thousand of his chariots, seven thousand charioteers and twenty thousand foot soldiers. He hamstrings all but a hundred of the chariot horses. (2 Sam. 8:4) King David won a decisive victory in the Valley of Salt. The armies of Hadadezer lay defeated,...

We are living through a leadership crisis, but not for the reasons most commentators suggest. The problem is not simply political polarization, institutional distrust, technological disruption, or economic uncertainty—though all are real. The deeper problem is that we...