Israel’s eternal dilemma
by Victor Davis Hanson
On October 7 & the Yom Kippur War.
Features
A forgotten writer of Père Lachaise
by Anthony Daniels
On Enrique Gómez Carrillo.
The singularity of speech
by Wilfred M. McClay
On the distinction between free speech & free expression.
A life in ballet
by Peter Martins
On the author’s career as a dancer & choreographer.
Poems
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Reflections
An afternoon in the Steinway basement
by David Dubal
On the storied American piano maker.
Theater
Addicted to futility
by Kyle Smith
On White Rose: The Musical, Days of Wine and Roses & Aristocrats.
Art
Panoramic Rothko
by Karen Wilkin
On “Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Brown in town
by James Panero
On the Winter Show, Master Drawings New York, “Whodunit? Key Books in Detective Fiction,” “Judging a Book by Its Cover: Bookbindings from the Collections of the Grolier Club” & “Masters Week.”
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On recent performances at Carnegie Hall.
The media
Getting away with it
by James Bowman
On the “weaponization” of the media.
Books
The Machiavelli effect
by Paul A. Rahe
A review of Machiavelli’s Effectual Truth by Harvey C. Mansfield.
Golden Graham
by Rupert Christiansen
A review of Errand into the Maze by Deborah Jowitt.
Interwar lessons
by Leo McKinstry
A review of Victory to Defeat by Richard Dannatt And Robert Lyman.
A deathless dialogue
by Michael Fontaine
On a new translation of Cicero’s On the Nature of the Gods by Quintus Curtius.
Back to Bach
by John Check
A review of Bach against Modernity by Michael Marissen.
Fool me continuously
by Crawford Gribben
A review of Fool by Peter K. Andersson.
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Notebook
Remembrance of swings past
by John P. Rossi
On the historians of the great American pastime.
Notes & Comments
Hockey-stick horrors
by The Editors
On the verdict against Mark Steyn & Rand Simberg.
Modern moronics
by The Editors
On anti-colonial protests at MOMA.
Modern madness
by The Editors
On the Modern Language Association’s latest narcissisms.