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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Infamous Amis

I just flew in from New York City and boy are my liver, kidneys, and…

Who Cares About Nihilism?

I’ve always said that being the toughest dude in the sphere of letters is like…

The Axis of Crabbiness

Several days ago, my old friends at The New Criterion clued me in to a…

The Terror War and Modern Memory

Lest anyone think I shrank in shame or defeat from Abe's thoughtful response to my…

Return to Sender

It was at The New Criterion that I internalized the pitiless conviction that De mortuis…

Hatemonger Helper

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Clarence Page has written a fascinating column (you can read it here)…

Crazy Like a Fawkes

There seems to me something unseemly, if not downright sinister, in allowing the public to…

Thoughts from the Music Man

What’s so funny about A Musical Joke? I’m sure Alex Ross or Jay Nordlinger could…