“The orange one sold last year at auction for more than $58 million.” On the inexplicable appeal of  Jeff Koons. (I still say Tony Hancock’s “The Rebel” had the last word on all that.)

There was a time when walking was one of America’s leading spectator sports.

Stefan Zweig, “a utopian in the midst of apocalypse.” Thoughtful, even-handed assessment from The Tablet.