Features June 2008
The Sixties at 40
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On 1968, four decades later.
Topic: “Politics”
Features September 2002
The power of James Burnham
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On one of the greatest, and most underrated, political and social commentators of the twentieth century.
Features March 1999
The bright line: liberalism and religion
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The seventh in a series titled “The betrayal of liberalism
Features January 1998
Telling lies about history: “The Fifties” on television
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On the series directed by Alex Gibney & Tracy Dahlby, based on the book of the same title by David Halberstam.
Features September 1997
Abstraction & utopia
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On the De Stijl art movement.
Letter from . . . May 1997
Letter from Moscow
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On Russia’s present culture & troubles.
Features September 1996
Mistaken identities
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On the politics of identity
Features September 1993
Returning to the Founders: the debate on the Constitution
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On The Debate on the Constitution: Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification, edited by Bernard Bailyn.
Features April 1985
Kandinsky in Paris
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On Kandinsky’s quest for the invisible.
Notebook January 1983
Dwight Macdonald, 1906–1982
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A remembrance of the journalist.