The art of war
by Frederick Kagan
Frederick W. Kagan reflects on the transformation of the American military. The third if out series “Lengthened shadows: America and Its Institutions in the Twenty-first Century.”
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Friends of humanity?
by Roger Kimball
William Godwin, Condorcet, and Malthus: Or, Why benevolence is bad for you.
Carl Jung: the Madame Blavatsky of psychotherapy
by Anthony Daniels
Carl Jung was one of the great gurus of the twentieth century. Is he still worth reading?
Writing for antiquity: the ironies of D.J. Enright
by Paul Dean
An affectionate reappraisal of the D. J. Enright, the English poet and man of letters who died last year.
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Theater
Recent evasive events
by Mark Steyn
On Omnium Gatherum at the Variety Arts theater.
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Art
The modernism of El Greco
by Karen Wilkin
On “El Greco” at the Metroplitan Museum of Art.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the new Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, the New York Philharmonic, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Met & Carnegie Hall, proper.
The media
The culture of mistrust
by James Bowman
If outrage is a commodity, does it still outrage?
Fiction chronicle
Tickling your catastrophe
by Max Watman
A review of Yellow Dog, by Martin Amis; And Now You Can Go, by Vendela Vida; The Effect of Living Backwards, by Heidi Julavits; The Furies, by Fernanda Eberstadt & The Fortress of Solitude, by Jonathan Lethem.
Books
The art of art history
by Michael J. Lewis
A review of Art: A New History, by Paul Johnson.
Reasonable science
by James Franklin
A review of Defending Science -” Within Reason: Between Scientism and Cynicism, by Susan Haack.
Hope without feathers
by Tess Lewis
Cultural horticulture
by the Editors
Notebook
Homer & the power of men that have chests
by Christopher B. Nelson
The President of St. John’s College reflects on the pertinence of Homer’s Iliad today..
Notes & Comments
“The power of self-criticism”
by the Editors
The Archbishop of Canterbury discovers the “serious moral goals” of terrorists.
Harold Bloom reads Gibbon
by the Editors
On Bloom’s endorsement of Wesley Clark in The Wall Street Journal.
“Be prepared”
by the Editors
On Frederick Kagan’s contribution to our series “Lengthened Shadows”