
The Last Days of Franco
Montserrat Roig’s classic novel captures Barcelona on the cusp of unimaginable change.

Montserrat Roig’s classic novel captures Barcelona on the cusp of unimaginable change.

How did my great-great-grandfather become a free man?

A short story

Even failures and half steps will be more interesting than the boring stuff.

Restoring stability to American politics will require reviving an age-old concept: common ground.

The showman never stopped pleasing audiences—and confounding expectations.

A short story

Horror does more than just scare us for fun. It trains us for life.

By rejecting the lessons of the previous century, the president has undermined America’s advantage over China and Russia.

Its flavor can transport you, maybe not always to faraway places but certainly out of reality.