Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture, History
Monticello: Portrait of Its Designer
Timothy Sandefur May 2, 2019
Monticello, by America's first native-born architect, Thomas Jefferson, is a window into the mind of this most complex and captivating of Founders.
Arts & Culture
Buster Keaton’s Silence Was Golden
Timothy Sandefur April 26, 2019
Among the stars of silent film, Buster Keaton stands out as a uniquely inventive talent.
Arts & Culture, Good Living
How Wine Appreciation Can Enrich Your Life: An Interview with Adam Edmonsond
Jon Hersey April 18, 2019
“Like other man-made products, wine is created to serve a specific set of purposes, and facts about the wine in relation to facts about man’s body determine whether the product can fulfill its purposes, and to what degree.” —Adam Edmonsond
Arts & Culture, History, Philosophy, Politics & Rights, Reviews
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
Timothy Sandefur April 17, 2019
Harvard professor Steven Pinker lays out a powerful case for cultural optimism in his book Enlightenment Now.
Arts & Culture, Philosophy
Poets of Spring and Appraisals of Man
Timothy Sandefur April 12, 2019
The poets E. E. Cummings and T. S. Eliot offer contrasting views of spring—and of mankind in general. Which captures the soul of the season?
Arts & Culture
John Gillis on Romantic Realism in Architecture
Stephanie Bond April 11, 2019
"Architects can add much to human happiness if they actively adopt a design philosophy that projects a good, bright view of the world while holding a heroic view of people." —John Gillis
Arts & Culture
‘Look for Beauty, Not Ugliness’: Daniel Chester French and American Sculpture
Timothy Sandefur March 28, 2019
For Daniel Chester French, sculpting was a means of lighting the world with optimism.
Arts & Culture
Miles Davis’s Kind of Blue at Sixty
Timothy Sandefur March 19, 2019
Kind of Blue is a landmark in the history of jazz, and even after sixty years, it still sounds fresh.
Announcements, Arts & Culture
TOS-Con Will Be an Intellectual and Visual Feast!
Jon Hersey March 19, 2019
Here’s an indication of what Bryan Larsen will discuss in his TOS-Con 2019 talk, “Optimism in the Visual Arts.”
Announcements, Arts & Culture
For a Soul-Fueling Experience, Check out Quent Cordair Fine Art at TOS-Con
Jon Hersey March 19, 2019
Quent Cordair Fine Art will have a gallery onsite at TOS-Con 2019, and co-owner Linda Cordair will give a breakout session talk titled, “Finding Joy and Inspiration in Visual Art.”