Notebook February 2017
Kafka, tuberculosis & “Magic Mountain”
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On the mania shared between the Bohemian writer and the German novel.
Topic: “Culture”
Features March 2008
Man is wolf to wolf
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On American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau, edited by Bill McKibben with a foreword by Al Gore.
Features January 2008
The conservative response to Islam
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On how the West should react to the growing strength of Islam.
Features October 2012
The Fifth problem: math & anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union
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A look at anti-Semitic university admissions in the USSR from the perspective of a leading mathematician.
Jun 26, 2017
The Critic’s Notebook
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A Degas plaster, Jefferson’s original Declaration & more from the world of culture
Jun 20, 2017
The Critic’s Notebook
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A Wyeth retrospective, free museum admissions, & more from the world of culture.
Jun 08, 2017
Reality behind bars
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On the deemphasis of inconvenient facts in the coverage of a leak scandal.
Notes & Comments June 2017
A word of thanks
Acknowledging the support of our circle of friends
Features June 2017
Populism, X: The imperative of freedom
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On the struggle to keep government in the hands of a free people.
Features June 2017
Art in conversation
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On museums as havens for culture.