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September 2009Volume 28, Number 1  

Notes & Comments

Yale & the Danish cartoons

On the shameful censorship at Yale University Press.

Features

Is conservatism dead?

by James Piereson

A reply to Sam Tanenhaus's new book, The Death of Conservatism.

The student of political behavior

by Donald Kagan

On the enduring legacy of Thucydides.

Elia Kazan: a director's notes

by John Simon

A look at the brain behind the camera.

The play's the thing

by Jeffrey Meyers

On Olivia Manning's The Great Fortune.

Poems

Letter from Cuba

The ministry of complications

by Andrew Hamilton

On life under Castro's rule.

Theater

Tarting up the bard

by Kevin D. Williamson

On A Midsummer Night's Dream at Shakespeare on the Sound and The Europeans at Atlantic Stage 2.

Art

James Ensor at MOMA

by Karen Wilkin

On "James Ensor" at the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Exhibition note

by Mario Naves

On The Pictures Generation, 1974-1984 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Exhibition note

by Franklin Einspruch

On Prendergast in Italy at the Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts.

Gallery chronicle

by James Panero

On "Jack Tworkov: Against Extremes, Five Decades of Paintings" at the UBS Art Gallery, New York.

Music

New York chronicle

by Jay Nordlinger

On the Mostly Mozart Festival at Lincoln Center, New York.

The Media

A bias against honor

by James Bowman

On the moralization of politics in media culture.

Books

Notebook

Faking Jane

by Leanda de Lisle

On Lady Jane Grey & a historical forgery uncovered.

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