Offers came in from American and British forces to evacuate the President and his team. The idea was to help them set up a government in exile, most likely in eastern Poland, that could continue to lead from afar. None of Zelensky’s advise…

Can one write the history of art 'up to the present day' as one can perhaps write the history of airplanes? Many critics and teachers hope and believe that one can. I am less sure. True, one can record and discuss the latest fashions, the …

Nobody ever believed the pandemic would go easy on children. The virus might target them less directly than it targets older people, but other challenges—the loss of school, the loss of play, the loss of time with friends—would exact their…

If art were merely a record of the appearances of nature, the closest imitation would be the most satisfactory work of art, and the time would be fast approaching when photography should replace painting. But as a matter of fact not even a…

Confusion about what it means to "own" a book leads people to a false reverence for paper, binding, and type―a respect for the physical thing―the craft of the printer rather than the genius of the author. They forget that it is possible fo…

There are two ways in which one can own a book. The first is the property right you establish by paying for it, just as you pay for clothes and furniture. But this act of purchase is only the prelude to possession. Full ownership comes onl…

My passionate interest in social justice and social responsibility has always stood in curious contrast to a marked lack of desire for direct association with men and women. I am a horse for single harness, not cut out for tandem or team w…

Without the sense of collaborating with like-minded beings in the pursuit of the ever unattainable in art and scientific research, my life would have been empty. Ever since childhood I have scorned the commonplace limits so often set upon …