PinnedMichael Carlson·Nov 3, 2024THE LAST CAUSE: HOW MYTH DEFINES AND DIVIDES AMERICA, or Where Did Fu Manchu Go Wrong?What can classic American myths tell us about the election? Richard Slotkin’s A Great Disorder explains & warns us, as Fu Manchu did in…
Michael Carlson·Jul 3RACISM: OLD BOYS AND THE OLD BALL GAME by me & Michael Goldfarb, rediscovered & still relevantIn 1989, Michael Goldfarb & I wrote a piece on racism in English sport. The Sunday Correspondent didn't publish it; but it holds up today
Michael Carlson·Feb 18FREDERICK WISEMAN: FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MANFrederick Wiseman, who died Monday (16 February) aged 96, was one the great documentary film-makers; indeed, I put him at the top of a Top…
Michael Carlson·Dec 20, 2025TOM ROBBINS “I’ve learned to trust my intuition”: The Guardian Obituary & Headpress InterviewI wrote Tom Robbins obituary for the Guardian this year & interviewed him in 2001. Re-reading the intvu convinced me to share them together
Michael Carlson·Sep 4, 2025NFL OPENING NIGHT: CHAMPS TAKE ON OWNER WHO SHOOK HIS FIST AT CLOUD, TRADED MICAH PARSONS: Iron…NFL season starts tonight Dallas at Philly; but big story remains Jerry Jones trade of superstar defender Micah Parsons. Iron Mike explainsA response icon1A response icon1
Michael Carlson·Sep 3, 2025WHERE DID WE ALL GO WRONG: An Essay On Tony Judt’s Prescient Ill Fares The LandNot so much a history of the rapid decline in the three decades after Reagan & Thatcher, as amoral treatise on what it all means
Michael Carlson·Sep 1, 2025GUNFIGHTER NATION: Richard Slotkin Takes Aim At America’s Modern Myths Of ViolenceHow from Plymouth Rock through Vietnam, America’s use of violence to conquer frontiers has turned myth into dangerous fantasy…
Michael Carlson·May 10, 2025THE LONG SAD SLIDE OF SHEDEUR SANDERSShedeur Sanders, Neon Deion Sanders’ son, was predicted to be an NFL Draft top pick. 143 other players went before him. What was this…
Michael Carlson·Mar 16, 2025MURDERS IN THE MIDNIGHT STREETS OF LONDON1929 Soho: private eye George Harley works the dark streets of Soho searching for a child-killer & keeping clear of local gangsters & cops
Michael Carlson·Jan 18, 2025IN REMEMBRANCE OF RUFUSMy dog Rufus shared his life with me for almost 15 years. Meet my best boy; I thought we’d be together for almost ever. Now he’s gone…A response icon1A response icon1
