Riffing on the sly and guileful beauty of roses By George Blecher The author, no doubt about to get thorn-scratched as he tends the...

The knives are out in this scathing review of the Sam Gold production starring Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga By George Blecher APRIL 28,...

Amidst bipartisan solidarity with Ukraine, Joe Biden’s State of the Union address focused on unity and reconciliation. But in reality,...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s rollicking, serious, endearing Licorice Pizza is well worth a trip to a movie theater. It’s an eccentric take on...

Super-professional acting, glossy production—but do they make a full theatrical meal? Is this play any more than an inflated biopic? By...

Want to be enticed by movies again? These offerings from this year’s 59th Lincoln Center Film Festival will do it By George Blecher Table...

Pessimists fear that the Trump phenomenon has not so much derailed American democracy as revealed long-standing problems in the system...

The United States may not be the best model for a fledgling democracy looking for fresh values. America’s values have never been as pure...

After three months away from New York, my first impression was that someone had hit it in the stomach with a baseball bat. The city...

My adult son, worried about my health, urged me to flee. But New York doesn’t let go easily. I didn’t want to leave the city. If the...

The first month of the pandemic in the US The Trump administration’s failing response to COVID-19 has prompted governors and mayors to...

Selected as a Notable Essay of 2020 in Best American Essays of 2021, edited by Kathryn Schultz and Robert Atwan. The following is an...

A guy who says he's the virus-man keeps up with me no matter how fast I run. That's weird because he's sickly-looking, needs a shave, has...

JOURNAL OF THE PLAGUE YEAR: DAY 1 3/15/20 Starting Journal of the Plague Year on the Ides of March. Hmm. Today's stats: USA infected...

Trump’s 2020 State of the Union address In the midst of a predictably partisan impeachment trial, Donald Trump said not a word about the...

An interview with George Blecher on US politics in the age of Trump George Blecher Adam Reichardt Media acceleration puts enormous...

Donald Trump’s achievements thus far have been rhetorical. But whether Democrats can take advantage of his weakness remains doubtful....

LATELY, MADISON SQUARE PARK has provided a staging area for provocative art installations, pop-up food courts and outdoor work spaces....

As Donald Trump appals and captivates the world in equal measure, another New York businessman is quietly positioning himself for power....

In the latest of his Battle Dispatches from the electoral front, George Blecher visits the heartlands of the Trump vote in the swing...