The architect of the Reich
by Michael J. Lewis
On the architectural horror of Albert Speer.
Features
Auden’s voice
by William H. Pritchard
On W. H. Auden’s collected prose.
Olmsted as author
by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
The importance of Frederick Law Olmsted as a writer.
The soul of Florence
by Marco Grassi
On the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo in Florence.
Poems
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Reflections
On first reading “Paradise Lost”
by Michael Auslin
On reading John Milton’s epic for the first time.
Theater
Minding the gaps
by Kyle Smith
On Fiddler on the Roof at the Broadway Theatre, Kinky Boots at the Al Hirschfeld Theatre, and Prodigal Son at City Center.
Art
Rosand’s Venetian legacy
by Karen Wilkin
On “In Light of Venice: Venetian Paintings in honor of late Columbia Professor David Rosand” at the Otto Naumann Gallery.
Exhibition note
by Bruce Cole
On “Power and Pathos: Bronze Sculpture of the Hellenistic World,” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “The Onward of Art: American Abstract Artists 80th Anniversary Exhibition” at the 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, “Paul D’Agostino: Scriptive Formalities” at Life on Mars Gallery & “Sharon Butler” at Theodore:Art.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Maria Stuarda at the Metropolitan Opera, a recital by Marc-André Hamelin, performances by the New York Philharmonic & more.
The media
A man or a mouse?
by James Bowman
On the concept of honor in the current electoral season.
Books
The Sitwells’ greatest legacy
by Brooke Allen
Alcohol, cigars & servants
by Timothy Congdon
Historical battles
by Conrad Black
Dutch diversity
by Christie Davies
The problem with Trajan
by Carl W. Scarbrough
Down in the Delta
by Richard Tillinghast
Terminator
by Jeffrey Meyers
Sarcastic & iconoclastic
by Joshua Dill
“The Paranoid Style,” redux
by James Piereson
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Letters to the Editor
Land grab: Eleanor Hall
by Eleanor Hall
A response to John Vinci’s “The Obama Library double parks,” (January 2016).
Land grab: Marc L. Hecht
by Marc L. Hecht
A response to John Vinci’s “The Obama Library double parks,” (January 2016).
Land grab
by John Vinci
An exchange of letters concerning John Vinci’s “The Obama Library double parks” (January 2016).
Notes & Comments
Antonin Scalia, 1936—2016
by The Editors
On the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia.