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Lyndon Johnson’s Supreme Court machinations

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On Abe Fortas and exploitations of the Court.

Shakespeare remade

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A review of Shakespeare, Hogarth and Garrick by Robin Simon.

Kafka’s continuity

by E. J. Hutchinson

On The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka, by Franz Kafka, edited by Reiner Stach.

Conservatism reconfigured

by Daniel McCarthy

On the past & present aims of conservatism.

Thoroughly modern Motherwell

by Karen Wilkin

On “Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting,” at the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth.

Peacock’s plumage

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On the early novels of Thomas Love Peacock.

The “Adams Triangle”

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On America’s use of military force.

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On “radical” conservatism.

The new conservative dilemma: a symposium

Can conservatives still win?

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On translating popularity into policy.

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On the past & present aims of conservatism.

The new conservative dilemma: a symposium

The promise of populism

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On the viability of conservative populism.

Poems

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by Daniel Brown

Paddock

by Sophie Cabot Black

The card-counter

by W. S. Di Piero

Reflections

Cavernous imaginations

by Archie Phillpotts

On the memory-palace technique.

Reconsiderations

Peacock’s plumage

by Sean McGlynn

On the early novels of Thomas Love Peacock.

Theater

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by Kyle Smith

On Infinite Life, Back to the Future: The Musical & Pay the Writer.

Art

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by Karen Wilkin

On “Robert Motherwell: Pure Painting,” at the Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth.

Exhibition note

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On “Edward Hopper & Cape Ann: Illuminating an American Landscape,” at the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, Massachusetts.

Music

Salzburg chronicle

by Jay Nordlinger

On Macbeth, Orfeo ed Euridice, a violin recital, The Greek Passion, Falstaff & a recital by Arcadi Volodos.

The media

No honor among thieves

by James Bowman

On the “honor-shaped hole” in our culture.

Notebook

Italy before Rome

by James Panero

On Greek colonies, Etruscan tombs & Italian origins.

Lyndon Johnson’s Supreme Court machinations

by James Piereson

September 20, 2023

On Abe Fortas and exploitations of the Court.

The “Adams Triangle”

by Ben Judge

September 19, 2023

On America’s use of military force.

The Critic’s Notebook

by The Editors

September 19, 2023

On wokeism, Manet and Degas, Balanchine, Selinunte & more from the world of culture.

Week in review

by Luke Lyman

September 15, 2023

On Guernica, trashed books & arts at the World Trade Center.

Wagner’s Dutchman goes corporate

by George Loomis

September 15, 2023

On Der fliegende Holländer at Santa Fe Opera.

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Good intentions

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A review of The Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde by Oscar Wilde.

Shakespeare remade

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The polar press

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Rough seas

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A review of Tempest by James Davey.

Richelieu’s darling

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Kafka’s continuity

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Lyndon Johnson’s Supreme Court machinations

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Shakespeare remade

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Kafka’s continuity

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Conservatism reconfigured

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The diversity myth by Peter Thiel

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