The New Criterion at thirty-five
On the legacy and bright future of our middle-aged magazine.
Donald Oresman, 1925–2016
Features
Populism, I: American conservatism and the problem of populism
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On the genesis and current trials of the American conservative movement.
Hopkins’s hidden life
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On a new examination of the diaries of Gerard Manley Hopkins.
The Caliphate’s multi-pronged war
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On the many fronts of Islamic terror’s war with the West.
The goulash archipelago
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On Miklós Bánffy’s Transylvanian Trilogy, and the character of Central Europe.
The house is on fire!
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On the hidden horrors of Soviet life.
Political vacancies
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On the crisis of leadership among Western states.
Letters of a park man
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On the landscape artistry of Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau.
Fear & loathing in Algeria
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On a novelization of the life and death of Communist dissident Fernand Iveton.
Week in review
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September 02, 2016
An ode to divided government, and a fleeting glimpse of a Renaissance masterpiece.
Debutantes in the digital age
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September 01, 2016
On Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan and the evolution of New York’s upper class.
Russian twists
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August 30, 2016
On the games played by Russians and the media.
The Critic’s Notebook
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August 29, 2016
A “biography” of Buenos Aires, the structures of democracy, and more from the world of culture.
A Message from Patrick Henry About Tyranny
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August 27, 2016
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