As the year comes to an end — a low, dishonest year, grinding down to its low, dishonest end — we need our valediction: our parting words, our taking leave. Maybe it need be nothing more than a ...

David Mamet, who back in 2008 declared he was no longer a Liberal, is now a self-confessed Republican and endorser of Trump. Thankfully, in this eclectic collection of 40 essays, he manages, without ...