Bird-brained at the Frick
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On Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography: Herself Alone by Charles Moore.
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On Great Society: A New History by Amity Shlaes.
Roger Scruton: defender of the soul & civilization
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Considering the late philosopher’s intellectual and moral legacy.
Reflections on anti-Semitism
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On the suppression of those labeled “too clever by half.”
Art
A Big Two
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February 24, 2020
Pondering and learning about Bach and Mozart.
Week in review
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February 23, 2020
On the Civil War, Houellebecq & the state of Classics.
Frontier fancy
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February 19, 2020
A review of Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West by H. W. Brands.
The Critic’s Notebook
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February 19, 2020
On restoration, Jake Berthot, Machiavelli, & more from the world of culture.
Notes on camp
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February 18, 2020
Handel’s Agrippina at the Metropolitan Opera.
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