by Matthew Friedman | Jul 31, 2019 | Essays, Photo Essay
On any given morning, there is a trail of fish parts and entrails leading along the Liberty State Park boardwalk on the western bank of the Hudson river. The New York City skyline glows in the Golden Hour light like a picture postcard. A fish head here – its eyes...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 29, 2019 | Books, Reviews
Bruce Cornforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow, Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson. Chicago Review Press, 2019. 336 pp. If you know anything about Robert Johnson, it is that he sold his soul to the Devil at the crossroads in order to become the greatest of...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 24, 2019 | Commentary
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 13, 2019 | Essays
I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! *** MAD Magazine is gone – or at least it will be soon. The magazine announced on July 3 that it will...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 5, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
We all heard it. In his 4th of July speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, looking out over the reflecting pool in the National Mall, the 45th president of the United States praised the brave patriots of the Continental Army who “took over the airports” from...
