The media May 2022
True evil
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On “woke” wars and real ones.
On “woke” wars and real ones.
On reasons to be pessimistic and optimistic about the future of Western civilization.
On the American Revolution, Thornton Willis, Charleston, Richard Strauss & more.
On a recent production of Franz Lehár’s operetta.
On afterlife narratives, Pompeian frescoes, Bohemian composers, Dance Theatre of Harlem & more from the world of culture.
On troubling trends among the elite.
On the founding editor of The New Criterion.
Excerpted from a new translation of Cocteau’s Letter to the Americans.
On Scottish voyages, Benjamin Franklin, Simone Dinnerstein, François Couperin, Mark Morris & more.
On a production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore at the Palm Beach Opera.