The higher destruction
by Anthony Daniels
A review of John Carey’s “What Good Are The Arts?”
Features
What time is it in Russia?
by Jonathan Brent
On Russia, past and present.
Last of the Whigs: Churchill as historian
by Robert Messenger
On Winston Churchill as a chronicler of World War II and beyond.
Dryden in his time & ours
by R. J. Stove
On Dryden’s life and poetry.
Poems
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Theater
Streep tease
by Brooke Allen
On Brecht’s “Mother Courage,” starring Meryl Streep.
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Dance
Cold pastoral
by Laura Jacobs
On Mark Morris’s San Francisco production of the ballet “Sylvia.”
Art
Americans in Italy
by Karen Wilkin
On the National Academy Museum’s exhibition “Italia! Muse to American Artists, 1830-2005.”
Exhibition note
by Richard Tillinghast
“Bellini and the East.”
Exhibition note
by Marco Grassi
“Raphael at the Metropolitan: The ‘Colona Altarpiece.’“
Exhibition note
by Joe Leduc
Review of “The Spiritual Landscapes of Adrienne Farb, 1980-2006”
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Luminist Horizons: The Art and Collection of James A. Suydam” at the National Academy Museum; “John Funt: Recent Paintings,” at James Graham & Sons; “John Walker: Seal Point Series” at Knoedler & Company & “Giorgio Morandi” at Paul Thiebaud Gallery.
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Music
Salzburg chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
The offerings at this year’s Salzburg festival.
The media
Versions of the truth
by James Bowman
On the media’s representation of events surrounding 9/11.
Books
Doubting Thomas
by Joseph Rago
Snark watch
by X.J. Kennedy
On “The Annotated Hunting of the Snark.”
Into the whirlwind
by Daniel J. Mahoney
On “From the Gulag to the Killing Fields: Personal Accounts of Political Violence and Repression in Communist States,” edited by Paul Hollander.
Mr. Empath
by Sunil Iyengar
A review of the novels of R. K. Narayan, newly collected by Everyman’s Library.
A trackless waste
by Stefan Beck
On Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.”
Notes & Comments
Hope at Hamilton College
by The Editors
On the new Alexander Hamilton Center for the Study of Western Civilization.
More from the religion of peace
by The Editors
On the events following the Pope’s address at the University of Regensburg.