The ambiguous witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
by James Nuechterlein
The complicated legacy of the anti-Nazi theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
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A schoolboy’s guide to war
by Andrew Stuttaford
How England’s public school boys won the First World War.
King cotton
by Gene Dattel
The story of cotton reveals that America’s problematic history with race is just as much a northern problem as a southern one.
God’s artist paints a single picture
by Sarah Ruden
Considering the beauty of Augustine of Hippo’s Confessions.
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Letters from the World
Nothing to talk about
by Douglas E. Schoen
A look at the depressing state of American foreign policy.
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Reconsiderations
Men of the Baroque: the sculptor & the poet
by F. H. Buckley
On the works of Gianlorenzo Bernini and Richard Crashaw.
Theater
Exit, pursued by a bear
by Kevin D. Williamson
Reviews of The Winter’s Tale and The Opponent.
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Art
Surprises at the National Gallery
by Karen Wilkin
On “Titian’s Danaë from the Capodimonte Museum, Naples,” at the National Gallery Washington, D.C.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now” at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; “Ellen Letcher: Gaslight” at Hansel and Gretel Picture Garden Pocket Utopia; “Amy Feldman: High Sign” at Blackston; “Katherine Taylor: New Sculptures” at Skoto Gallery; and “Robert Otto Epstein: Sleeveless” at 99¢ Plus Gallery.
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Music
Salzburg chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
A recap of this year’s Salzburg Festival.
The media
Crocodile tears on the back nine
by James Bowman
What are Obama’s plans for ISIS?
Books
Globe trotting
by Conrad Black
Roar of the ordinary
by Gary Saul Morson
A tale of two cities
by Malcolm Forbes
Britain, alone
by Simon Heffer
An artist’s notebook
by Mario Naves
Technique over feeling
by Micah Mattix
Nanny states
by Sarah Harrison Smith
An historian, revisited
by David Pryce-Jones
The Wizard of “Is”
by Paul Dean
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Notebook
Not a leg to stand on
by Anthony Daniels
On the one-legged poets W. E. Henley and W. H. Davies.
Notes & Comments
Standing up to Allah at Yale
by The Editors
Yale president Peter Salovey takes a stand for free speech.