Stefan Beck

A writer living in southern Connecticut, Stefan Beck has written for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Sun, The Weekly Standard, The New Criterion, and other publications. He also writes a food blog, The Poor Mouth.

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Have the Audiences Stopped Screaming?

Silence of the Lambs is one of those movies, like Chinatown or The Exorcist, that…

Davy Jones’ Locker

Here's one for the annals of infantilization (since it's on my mind): Dartmouth College has…

Write What You Know?

It would appear that "writing what you know" is for suckers. I've always thought it…

Circling Their Wagons

The Islamophobophobes have returned. There's a brawl brewing over the nomination for the National Book…

Things to Do in Tribeca When You’re Dead

At the end of the Brooke Allen review I pointed out yesterday, she writes: "As…

Go Play in Traffic

This is appalling. I've walked into lampposts while gazing up in wonder at the Incredible…

Fun with Pig and Ape

Readers familiar with the work of Diane Ravitch will be aware that in the United…

A Mighty Good Leader

The New Leader, which went under last year, has returned as a web-only publication. That's…