How to revive an 18th-century upstate farmhouse without resorting to cliché? By pretending a made-up person lives there too.
The new primary bathroom alone—with its John Derian French Empire–inspired chandelier, Victoria and Albert soaking tub, ...
There, by helping translate conservative ideas to liberals, and liberal ideas to conservatives, Douthat reveals the deeper forces behind the bewildering maelstrom of contemporary politics and culture.