After the suicide of the West
by Roger Kimball
An introduction to our symposium, “The real culture war.”
Features
It’s the demography, stupid
by Mark Steyn
What do Europe’s declining birthrates say about its chances of survival?
Limits to democracy
by Roger Scruton
What limits must be placed on democracy?
The corruption of history
by Keith Windschuttle
Is the West destroying its own history?
Targeted jihad in the Netherlands
by Douglas Murray
On the crisis of the Netherlands.
Poems
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Theater
Outing the sub-text
by Mark Steyn
On the revival of Patrick Hamilton’s Rope.
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Art
David who?: Milne at the Met
by Karen Wilkin
On “David Milne Watercolors: ‘Painting
Toward the Light,’” which opened at
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on November 8,
2005 and remains on view through January 9, 2006.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the latest in the New York music scene.
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The media
The field of honor
by James Bowman
Smears upon smears in our post-honor media.
Books
Not argued but shown
by Peter Mullen
On Roger Scruton’s Gentle Regrets: Thoughts from a Life.
Papa Ratzi
by Daniel Johnson
On George Weigel’s God’s Choice: Pope Benedict XVI and the Future of the Catholic Church.
Palpable designs
by Paul Dean
On Juliet Barker’s Wordsworth: A Life.
A garrulous creature
by Anthony Cuda
On Love, Amy: The Selected Letters of Amy Clampitt, edited by Willard Spiegelman.
Notebook
The artificial gravity of n+1
by Stefan Beck
On the new “cultural journal” n+1.
Notes & Comments
Stop the presses!
by The Editors
This just in: media bias is real.
Where’s the outrage?
by The Editors
On media leaks great and small.
A new low at the Times
by The Editors
On the New York Times Book Review.
Roger Shattuck, 1923-2005
by The Editors
On the passing of a great man-of-letters.