Reflections on Burke’s Reflections
by Gertrude Himmelfarb
Revisiting the lasting, provocative wisdom of Edmund Burke.
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Robert H. Bork on law & life
by Andrew C. McCarthy
On the career of Judge Robert H. Bork and his latest book, A Time to Speak: Selected Writings and Arguments.
Do we own our lives?
by Anthony Daniels
On the play, Whose Life Is It, Anyway?, by Brian Clark and the morality of patient autonomy.
On being translated into Russian
by John Derbyshire
On the pleasures of fellowship at the margins of literary life.
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Poems
Dance
Brute blood: Tudor at ABT
by Laura Jacobs
On the centennial celebration of Antony Tudor at the ABT.
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Theater
When a heel sings a lovely tune
by Brooke Allen
On the revival of Pal Joey at the Roundabout, Shrek: The Musical at the Broadway Theater, and The Cripple of Inishmaan at the Atlantic Theater Company.
Art
Haarlem renaissance
by Karen Wilkin
On “Pride of Place: Dutch Cityscapes in the Golden Age” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition notice
by Mario Naves
On “Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Exhibition notice
by Christie Davies
On “Babylon: Myth and Reality” at the British Museum, London.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Philip Guston: 1954–1958” at L&M Arts, “John Walker: Drawings 1973–1975” at Knoedler & Company & “Biala: Collages 1957–1963” at Tibor de Nagy Gallery.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Sergei Babyan at the 92nd St. Y; Alisa Weiler and the MET Chamber Ensemble at Zankel Hall; The Queen of Spades, La rondine, and Orfeo et Eurydice at the Metropolitan Opera; The King’s Singers’ Christmas concert and Lorin Maazel with the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall; Yefim Bronfman and the New York Philharmonic at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The media
The club of cool
by James Bowman
On the marketing of the president.
Books
Instants in a looking-glass
by Eric Ormsby
A review of The Whole Difference: Selected Writings of Hugo von Hofmannsthal, edited by J. D. McClatchy.
Blanning’s castle
by James F. Penrose
A review of The Triumph of Music: The Rise of Composers, Musicians and Their Art by Tim Blanning.
Going native
by Alexander Nazaryan
A review of Lafcadio Hearn: American Writings, edited by Christopher Benfey.
The long journey
by Dara Mandle
A review of The Journey by H. G. Adler.
Notes & Comments
Richard John Neuhaus, 1936—2009
by The Editors
In memoriam.
Who are we?
by The Editors
On the passing of Samuel Huntington and The Clash of Civilizations.