The burdens of empire
by Keith Windschuttle
The first in a series titled “Lengthened shadows.”
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“Realism coloured by poetry”: rereading John Buchan
by Roger Kimball
An expanded version of the essay on Buchan that appears in the September print edition.
Is Max Beckmann likeable?
by Karen Wilkin
The “born Schulmeister”
by Eric Ormsby
On the teacher and mentor Shlomo Dov Goitein, the great German-Jewish scholar of Islam.
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Theater
Henry goes to Baghdad
by Mark Steyn
On Henry V in England and America.
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Art
That is to say: nowhere
by James Panero
On “The American Effect: Global Perspectives on the United States, 1990-2003” at the Whitney.
Music
Great conducters (cont.)
by Jay Nordlinger
On the current installment of IMG’s series Great Conductors of the 20th Century.
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The media
Scandalous scandal-culture
by James Bowman
On the media’s attempt to scandalize that which wasn’t a scandal but, rather, a war.
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Books
S.O.B. story
by James Wolcott
A review of The Art of Burning Bridges: A life of John O’Hara, by Geoffrey Wolff.
His father’s son
by Anthony Daniels
A review of In Praise of Nepotism: A Natural History, by Adam Bellow.
Too many universes
by James Franklin
A review of Are Universes Thicker than Blackberries, by Martin Gardner.
No laughing matter
by Digby Anderson
A review of The Morality of Laughter, by F. H. Buckley.
Spreading the big lie
by Mark Bauerlein
A review of The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict what Children Learn, by Diane Ravitch.
Stanford education
by R. J. Stove
A review of Charles Villiers Stanford, by Paul J. Rodmell.
Notebook
Priez pour lui
by Theodore Dalrymple
An “ideal bohemian couple,” and a sordid end.
Notes & Comments
Lengthened shadows
by The Editors
On The New Criterion’s new series about America and its institutions in the twenty-first century, inaugurated in this issue.
“Non-political, non-partisan”?
by The Editors
On the New York Review of Books’ claim to provide a non-political voice in covering culture and politics.
John Alexander Coleman, R.I.P.
by The Editors