Washington journal June 2017
Balloonists & cherry blossoms
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On “Clouds in a Bag” at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center & “Inventing Utamaro” at the Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
Topic: “Culture”
Reflections June 2017
The Met at middle age
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On the fiftieth anniversary of the Metropolitan Opera House.
Notes & Comments June 2017
Have we had enough?
On reactions to the recent terror attack in Britain.
Features June 2017
Wok star
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On the cult of the Kibbo Kift.
Features June 2017
A higher education
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On seventy years of Directed Studies at Yale.
Letter from Albania June 2017
The twilight of Zog
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On the Ottoman legacy in Albania.
The media June 2017
A “narrative” outworn
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On the media’s self-serving presuppositions of scandal.
Letter from London June 2017
Knocking up, geopolitics & Brexit
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On the state of British politics as experienced through canvassing.
Features May 2017
Populism, IX: Avenue to renovation
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On the American party system, and our current disruptive moment.
Features May 2017
Crimes against culture
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On Doctor Zhivago & the dissident faith of Boris Pasternak.