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The diversity myth

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On multiculturalism as misdirection.

Pfitzner’s end

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On Hans Pfitzner & the conservative artist.

The inside-out diorama

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On the new Richard Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History.

Down on the corner

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On new poetry by B. H. Fairchild, Devin Johnston, Sharon Olds, Robin Coste Lewis, Thomas Kinsella & Ada Limón.

Well, shucks

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On multiculturalism as misdirection.

Emperor of chaos

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On Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes by Jerry Z. Muller.

Pfitzner’s end

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On Hans Pfitzner & the conservative artist.

Dutch treats

by Benjamin Riley

On “Vrel: Forerunner of Vermeer“ at the Mauritshuis, The Hague & “Vermeer” at the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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by Dylan Carpenter

“Kiss Me Deadly” (1955)

by Karl Kirchwey

Season of spores

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Letter from London

New king, old country

by Simon Heffer

On the coronation of King Charles III.

Reflections

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On William Truesdale & the Lackawanna Railroad.

Reconsiderations

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On the plays The Eldest Son & Justice by John Galsworthy.

Intolerant society

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On the sad state of free speech on campus.

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by Kyle Smith

On Sweeney Todd, Camelot & New York, New York.

Art

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by Karen Wilkin

On “Bonnard: The Experience of Seeing” at Acquavella Galleries, New York.

The inside-out diorama

by James Panero

On the new Richard Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History.

Exhibition note

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On “Hugo van der Goes: Between Pain and Bliss” at the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, through July 16.

Exhibition note

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On “After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art” at the National Gallery, London.

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New York chronicle

by Jay Nordlinger

On recent performances at Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera & Lincoln Center.

Concert note

by George Loomis

On Lucia di Lammermoor at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan.

The media

Out the Overton window

by James Bowman

On what the media deems newsworthy.

Verse chronicle

Down on the corner

by William Logan

On new poetry by B. H. Fairchild, Devin Johnston, Sharon Olds, Robin Coste Lewis, Thomas Kinsella & Ada Limón.

Notebook

Roman Romanticism

by Stephen Schmalhofer

On Francis Marion Crawford’s Saracinesca tetralogy.

Week in review

by John M. Wisdom

May 26, 2023

On Orwell, a Dutch royal palace & classical studies.

“Out, damned spot!” Hogarth’s Britain

by Sean McGlynn

May 26, 2023

On “Hogarth’s Britons: Succession, Patriotism, and the Jacobite Rebellion” at the Derby Museum and Art Gallery, United Kingdom.

In honor of Sakharov

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May 24, 2023

On a concert at Carnegie Hall.

Well, shucks

by Kyle Smith

May 23, 2023

On Shucked on Broadway.

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May 23, 2023

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A review of Mere Natural Law: Originalism and the Anchoring Truths of the Constitution by Hadley Arkes.

Circa Suleiman

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