Eric Gibson & James Panero discuss sculpture in exile & culture under siege
A new podcast on the necessity of sculpture.
The dark side of farce
On The 1619 Project’s Pulitzer Prize.
Many thanks & a few farewells
The 2019–2020 season comes to a close.
Features
Burke & Trump
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Remarks by this year’s recipient of the Edmund Burke Award.
The God that flickered
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On Alexander Herzen and the revolutionary mind.
Leaping the fence
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On English gardens and style.
“Beowulf” & history
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On men and monsters in the great Anglo-Saxon epic.
Art
Mules down Malaya
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August 14, 2020
On VJ Day through the eyes of George Macdonald Fraser.
Of ideas and ideologies
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August 14, 2020
On the danger of “ideological” debate.
Andre Zarre, 1942–2020
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August 11, 2020
On the late New York gallery pioneer.
The Critic’s Notebook
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August 11, 2020
On the Mayflower’s homecoming journey, Fairfield Porter, Mahler’s Ninth Symphony & more from the world of culture.
Providing music, staying afloat
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August 10, 2020
On a “Summer Evening” with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
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This Week
1 Cooper & son by Richard Brookhiser
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Cooper & son by Richard Brookhiser
2 The hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky by Keith Windschuttle
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The hypocrisy of Noam Chomsky by Keith Windschuttle
3 The perversions of M. Foucault by Roger Kimball
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The perversions of M. Foucault by Roger Kimball
4 American sublime by Michael J. Lewis
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American sublime by Michael J. Lewis
5 Of nobs & nimrods by Ben Downing
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Of nobs & nimrods by Ben Downing
6 What’s left of Descartes? by Roger Kimball
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What’s left of Descartes? by Roger Kimball
7 Herodotus’s wheel by Barry Strauss
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Herodotus’s wheel by Barry Strauss
8 “Beowulf” & history by Jacob Howland
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“Beowulf” & history by Jacob Howland
9 The moral of Caesar by Roger Kimball
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The moral of Caesar by Roger Kimball
10The dark side of farce
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The dark side of farce
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