The New Criterion June 2008 http://www.newcriterion.com/ en-us Copyright 2008, TheNewCriterion.com. All Rights Reserved info@ecomsolutions.net info@ecomsolutions.net Speaking up for the Fifties http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Speaking-up-for-the-Fifties-3852 On the roots of the Sixties. The Sixties at 40 http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-Sixties-at-40-3853 On 1968, four decades later. Peter Collier A note of thanks http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/A-note-of-thanks-3854 On the generosity of our patrons. A literary education http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/A-literary-education-3855 On being well-versed in literature. Joseph Epstein William Wilberforce: the great emancipator http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/William-Wilberforce--the-great-emancipator-3856 On William Wilberforce: The Life of the Great Anti-Slave Trade Campaigner by William Hague. Keith Windschuttle Sleuthing Conan Doyle http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Sleuthing-Conan-Doyle-3857 On The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life and Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle by Andrew Lycett and Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters edited by Jon Lellenberg. Alexandra Mullen A tale of two countries http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/A-tale-of-two-countries-3858 On England, France, and Ruskinian delusions. Anthony Daniels Vaults & waters: the Kirov at City Center http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Vaults---waters--the-Kirov-at-City-Center-3859 On the Kirov Ballet in Manhattan. Laura Jacobs LuPone s turn http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/LuPone-s-turn-3860 On Gypsy at the St James Theatre, Boeing-Boeing at the Longacre Theater, and The New Century at Lincoln Center. Brooke Allen Greenberg & Rosenberg http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Greenberg---Rosenberg-3861 On Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 at the Jewish Museum, New York. Karen Wilkin Gallery chronicle http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Gallery-chronicle-3862 On Catherine Murphy: New Work at Knoedler & Company, New York, Walton Ford at Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, and Jacob Collins—Rediscovering the American Landscape: The Eastholm Project at Hirschl & Adler, New York. James Panero New York chronicle http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/New-York-chronicle-3863 On the 2007-2008 season. Jay Nordlinger Getting it http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Getting-it-3864 On being part of the small exclusive circle of people who get it. James Bowman Valentine s Day massacre http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Valentine-s-Day-massacre-3865 On Valentines by Ted Kooser, Fifty-Two by Melissa Green, The Wave-Maker by Elizabeth Spires, Seven Notebooks by Campbell McGrath, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time by Marie Howe, and Sea Change by Jorie Graham. William Logan Up in smoke http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Up-in-smoke-3866 On Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, the End of Civilization by Nicholson Baker. Andrew Roberts The great & the good http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/The-great---the-good-3867 On The Case for Greatness: Honorable Ambition and Its Critics by Robert Faulkner. Daniel Mahoney Up from liberalism http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Up-from-liberalism-3868 On Upstream: The Ascendance of American Conservatism by Alfred S. Regnery. James Piereson Off with the motley http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Off-with-the-motley-3869 On Leoncavallo: Life and Works by Konrad Dryden. R. J. Stove What Wolff knows http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/What-Wolff-knows-3870 On Our Story Begins by Tobias Wolff. Stefan Beck Shorter notice http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/Shorter-notice-3871 On George Washington on Leadership by Richard Brookhiser. Jonathan Leaf