The Founders’ priceless legacy
by Myron Magnet
The New Criterion’s Visiting Critic delivers the second annual Circle Lecture.
Features
One hundred years of “We”
by Jacob Howland
On the legacy of Yevgeny Zamyatin’s seminal dystopian novel.
Taking leave of the socialism of fools
by Leonard Kriegel
On the echoes of fascism in the critics of Zionism.
Liberals on trial: Rebecca West & Alistair Cooke
by Peter Baehr
On Rebecca West’s appraisal of the anti-liberal “liberalism” of Alistair Cooke.
Poems
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Letters from the World
Like a rock
by James Panero
On the four-hundredth anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing at Plymouth Rock.
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Reflections
Killing time with Agatha Christie
by Anthony Daniels
On revisiting the works of the British mystery writer.
Reconsiderations
A sergeant abroad
by David Platzer
On the American socialite and expatriate Stuart Preston.
Art
Pollock, Guggenheim & the “Mural”
by Karen Wilkin
On a key work from Jackson Pollock’s early career.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Jordan Casteel: Within Reach” at the New Museum, New York.
Exhibition note
by Leann Davis Alspaugh
On “George Bellows: Sport, Leisure, and Lithography” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond.
Peripatetic president
by Eric Gibson
On the history of Horatio Greenough’s controversial George Washington statue.
Music
Livestream chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
A review of recent livestreams from the “Met Stars Live in Concert” series.
The media
Of men & manners
by James Bowman
On the media’s view of “manners” in the presidential debate.
Fiction chronicle
The slow & the dead & other authors
by Andrew Stuttaford
A review of The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis, The Dominant Animal and Aug 9—Fog by Kathryn Scanlan & The Caretaker by Doon Arbus.
Notes & Comments
Keywords: hoist, petard
by The Editors
On how Princeton’s crusade against systemic racism has backfired.