The Graceful Rebellions of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The poet Patrick Mackie hears Mozart’s music as impropriety, as ambition—and even as revenge. May 22, 2023 Briefly Noted Book Reviews “Parfit,” “Biting the Hand,” “Hungry Ghosts,” and “The Weeds.” May 22, 2023 Briefly Noted Book Reviews “In the Orchard,” “A Small Sacrifice for an Enormous Happiness,” “Go Back and Get It,” and “We the Scientists.” May 15, 2023 How to Quit Cars They crowd streets, belch carbon, bifurcate communities, and destroy the urban fabric. Will we ever overcome our addiction? May 15, 2023 The Dark Side of Defamation Law A revered Supreme Court ruling protected the robust debate vital to democracy—but made it harder to constrain misinformation. Can we do better? May 11, 2023 Briefly Noted “Nothing Stays Put,” “Still Life with Bones,” “Stealing,” and “Hit Parade of Tears.” May 8, 2023 Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Perilous Power of Respectability We revere the man and revile the strategy, but King knew what he was doing. May 8, 2023 BuzzFeed, Gawker, and the Casualties of the Traffic Wars Ben Smith’s new book shows how the race for clicks spawned—then strangled—the new media. May 3, 2023 Briefly Noted “The Best Minds,” “We Should Not Be Friends,” “Romantic Comedy,” and “Künstlers in Paradise.” May 1, 2023 The Making of Jackie Kennedy As a student in Paris and a photographer at the Washington Times-Herald, the future First Lady worked behind the lens to bring her own ideas into focus. May 1, 2023