You could learn a lot about Canada’s national psyche from the country’s enduring fascination with the battle of Vimy Ridge, fought 95 years ago this past week.
“If you seek his monument, look around you.” That epitaph is carved on a stone in a quiet corner of St. Paul’s Cathedral, to honor the great English architect Christopher Wren.
Charles Murray’s Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 is an important book that will have large influence. It is unfortunately not a good book—but its lack of merit in no way detracts from its importance.