Introduction: sovereignty or submission
by Roger Kimball
On the recent conference held by The New Criterion and the Center for American Greatness in Washington, D.C.
Features
Sovereignty & its enemies
by John Fonte
On transnational progressivism and the forces abetting it.
The idea of an American nation
by James Piereson
On the genesis of the American nation-state.
The Left v. the nation
by John O’Sullivan
On the importance of consensus.
Pre- & post-citizens
by Victor Davis Hanson
On the meaning of citizenship in the twenty-first century.
The enemy is an idea
by Michael Anton
On the notion of a “liberal international order.”
Liberty: collective & individual
by Angelo M. Codevilla
On the singularity of the U.S. political system.
Poems
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All washed up
by Anthony Daniels
On a recent trip to Southsea, Portsmouth, England.
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Reconsiderations
Chasing Nabokov
by John Simon
On Think, Write, Speak: Uncollected Essays, Reviews, Interviews, and Letters to the Editor by Vladimir Nabokov, edited by Brian Boyd and Anastasia Tolstoy.
Reflections
Courting dishonor
by Simon Heffer
On the uses and abuses of the British honors system.
Theater
The bijou from Peru
by Kyle Smith
On The Letters of Cole Porter, edited by Cliff Eisen and Dominic McHugh.
Art
Kirchner at the Neue Galerie
by Karen Wilkin
On “Ernst Ludwig Kirchner” at the Neue Galerie, New York.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On new music by James MacMillan, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Bryce Dessner; newish music by Philip Glass and Wynton Marsalis; unfamiliar music by Bizet; the conductors Riccardo Muti and Santtu-Matias Rouvali; the mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato; and the pianist Conrad Tao.
The media
Uncivil service
by James Bowman
On the strained relationship between the intelligence services and their duly elected command.
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Notebook
John Simon, 1925—2019
by James Panero
Remembering the cultural critic and longtime New Criterion contributor.
Notes & Comments
1619 & all that
by The Editors
On The New York Times’s recent disinformation campaign.