Notebook May 2011
Thornton Wilder & the gods
Reconsidering The Alcestiad.
Department: “Notebook”
Notebook April 2011
Harvard meets the man from Boggabilla
Notebook February 2011
I.M. John Gross, 1935–2011
Remembering the life of the writer, editor & raconteur.
Notebook September 2010
The postmodern calculus
On spurious sociologies & the threat they pose to science.
Notebook June 2010
Lord Acton’s revolution
On Lord Acton’s Lectures on the French Revolution.
Notebook May 2010
Why bait the Browns?
On the true legacy of the Brown family to the university in Providence named for them.
Notebook April 2010
In memoriam: Louis Auchincloss (1917–2010)
Notebook March 2010
Sun, sea, sensation, servants
On what to make of Dubai.
Notebook February 2010
Unmasking the unmaskers
On the uses & abuses of the Great Books.
Notebook December 2009
Loose ends in Liverpool
Reflections from the Walker Art Gallery.