Liberty versus benevolence
by Roger Kimball
An introduction to Limited government in an age of uncertainty.
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The wisdom of “The Federalist”
by Harvey Mansfield
On the balance between safety & strength in the thinking of Publius.
Silenced Cal
by Amity Shlaes
Rethinking the legacy of Calvin Coolidge.
The liberal vanguard
by James Piereson
On the works of John Maynard Keynes & his most influential acolyte, John Kenneth Galbraith.
The law: servant or master?
by Andrew C. McCarthy
On the rule of law in the Constitution.
Don’t mess with the U.S.
by John R. Bolton
On liberty & the geopolitical landscape.
A response to Harvey Mansfield & Amity Shlaes
by William Kristol
A response to James Piereson & Andrew C. McCarthy
by Jeremy Rabkin
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The hunger artists
by Kevin D. Williamson
On Zero Hour, Dollface & A Little Night Music.
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Art
Ab Ex at MOMA
by Karen Wilkin
On “Abstract Expressionist New York” at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Exhibition note
by Anthony Daniels
On “Felix Nussbaum 1904–1944” at Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaisme, Paris.
Exhibition note
by Christie Davies
On “Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance & the Camera” at Tate Modern, London.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On new media and the phenomenon of Loren Munk, whose work is on view at “New Year, New Work, New Faces” at Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn; “It’s All Good!!: Apocalypse Now” at Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn; “Paper 2011” at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery; “I Like the Art World and the Art World Likes Me” at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts; and “#TheSocialGraph: An Evolving Exploration of Social Media Art” at Outpost gallery, Queens.
Music
The media
Madness & the media mind
by James Bowman
On rhetorical excess in the wake of the Tuscon shootings.
Books
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Notebook
I.M. John Gross, 1935—2011
by David Pryce-Jones
Remembering the life of the writer, editor & raconteur.
Notes & Comments
PC DTs
by The Editors
On bowdlerizing the bard of Hannibal.
Requiescant in pace
by The Editors
I.M. Denis Dutton, 1944–2010.