An Interview with Robert H. Gundry.

The revival of swing music and the rebirth of grown-up culture.

Lessons from the furor over John Ashcroft's interview in The Southern Partisan.

The surprisingly Christian roots of Duke Ellington's jazz.

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr., we should also honor Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, King's contemporary and in many ways his opposite.

Poems inspired by Vermeer's paintings of women.

The controversy over the vote this November is nothing new, scholar Alexander Keyssar explains; the history of voting in the United States is much messier than we have been led to believe.

We're used to seeing born-again Christians portrayed as hypocritical, sex-crazed maniacs whose holy talk conceals deeds of darkness. Craig Lucas's new play, Stranger, seems to be heading along that well-worn path—but then it takes an unexpected twist.

Lost boys and throwaway dads