May 24, 2019
A Socrates for our time
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On Tim Blake Nelson’s Socrates at The Public Theater in Manhattan.
Topic: “Ancient History”
Features March 2019
Always I am Caesar
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A review of Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine by Barry Strauss.
Notebook February 2019
Naming things as they are
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On A. E. Stallings’s new translation of the Works and Days.
May 30, 2018
Highlights from the sixth annual Edmund Burke Award Gala
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Watch selections from Victor Davis Hanson’s remarks at the Edmund Burke Award Gala.
Features June 2018
The good populism
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On populism and the middle class.
Books May 2018
The drama of Alcibiades
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Jan 09, 2018
The Critic’s Notebook
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On Lois Dodd, remembering Gavin Stamp & more from the world of culture.
Books December 2017
The chattering classicist
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Features September 2017
The Chamberlain trap
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On the misapplication of Thucydides to international relations.
Apr 28, 2017
The Critic’s Notebook
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Color becomes sound in a new installation, an early Wagner hit at the Met, & more from the world of culture.