The birth, benefits & burden of Western citizenship
by Victor Davis Hanson
On recent challenges to Western citizenship.
Features
The fallacies of the common good
by Kim R. Holmes
On changes in the American conservative movement.
Policies are not principles
by R. R. Reno
On the American culture of freedom.
Yesterday’s man, yesterday’s conservatism
by Josh Hammer
On common-good originalism.
The promise & peril of the political common good
by Ryan T. Anderson
On the importance of liberty and rights in the name of the common good.
The demanding & delicate task of conservatism
by Daniel J. Mahoney
On rethinking traditional conservatism.
Common-sense conservatism
by Robert R. Reilly
On the particular and the universal in politics.
The original strategy
by Charles R. Kesler
On the flawed arguments in emerging conservative movements.
The way forward
by James Piereson
On internal debates among conservatives.
The fallacies of the common good: a response
by Kim R. Holmes
On respect for liberty and natural rights.
Poems
Most popular
Reflections
Hornblower at the helm
by John Steele Gordon
On the series of novels by C. S. Forster.
Theater
Spare change
by Kyle Smith
On The Lehman Trilogy, Flying Over Sunset & Caroline, or Change.
Art
Finding Thomas in her field
by Karen Wilkin
On “Alma W. Thomas: Everything Is Beautiful” at The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
Exhibition note
by Jane Coombs
On “Imperial Splendor: The Art of the Book in the Holy Roman Empire, ca. 800–1500” at the Morgan Library, New York.
Exhibition note
by David Platzer
On “Botticelli: Artist and Designer” at the Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris.
Exhibition note
by Anthony Daniels
On “Sickert: A Life in Art” at Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Jennifer Packer: The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing” at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Visions of Spain
by James Panero
On “Gilded Figures: Wood and Clay Made Flesh” at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library, New York, and “Treasures from the Hispanic Society Library” at the Grolier Club, New York.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On performances at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall & Opera America’s National Opera Center.
The media
Of some highly convenient truths
by James Bowman
On a lack of accountability in the media.
Books
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Notebook
The man who laughed in church
by Julia Friedman
On the American art critic Dave Hickey (1940–2021).
Notes & Comments
The right targets
by the Editors
Introducing “Common-good conservatism: a debate.”