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June 2012 Volume 30, Number 10  

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Thoughts on 30


Features

Future tense, X: The fourth revolution
by James Piereson
On the possibility of a forthcoming political revolution.

Future tense, XI: The lessons of culture
by Roger Kimball
On culture's role in the economy of life and the fragility of civilization.

The limits of universalism
by Henry A. Kissinger
On Burkean conservatism.

The
by Michael J. Lewis
On the Barnes Foundation's new location in Philadelphia.


Poems

The spigot
by Kevin O'Shea

Steel of Pennsylvania
by Kevin O'Shea

The ferry
by Kevin O'Shea


Letter from Prague

Europe between the Václavs
by Charles S. Dameron
On the development of the Czech Republic.


Theater

Resurrection of a salesman
by Kevin D. Williamson
On Death of a Salesman, Ghost, and A Midsummer Night's Dream.


Art

Joan Miró in Washington
by Karen Wilkin
On “Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape” at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Hidden affinities
by Eric Ormsby
On “Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Exhibition notice
by Franklin Einspruch
On "Dreams of Nature: Symbolism from Van Gogh to Kandinsky” at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.

Exhibition notice
by Christie Davies
On "Turner Inspired: In the Light of Claude” at The National Gallery, London.

Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On the outer-borough art scene, “This Side of Paradise” at the Andrew Freedman Home, Bronx, New York, “Frieze New York” at Randall’s Island, and “Carol Salmanson/Stephen Truax” at the Storefront Gallery, Brooklyn.


Music

New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On recent performances by Sandrine Piau, Lisa Batiashvili, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, Evgeny Kissin, the New York Philharmonic, and more.


The Media

Welcome to fantasyland
by James Bowman
On European austerity, Obama's position on gay marriage, and political fantasy.


Verse Chronicle

Guys & Dove
by William Logan
On Almost Invisible by Mark Strand, Odi Barbare by Geoffrey Hill, Selected Poems by Vladimir Nabokov, edited by Thomas Karshan, and The Penguin Anthology of Twentieth-Century American Poetry edited by Rita Dove.


Books

LBJ's ruthless cynicism
by Joseph Rago

A haunted, haunting life
by Ben Downing

Ragtime pixies
by Alexandra Mullen

Darkness at dawn
by Andrew Stuttaford

Brine & rime
by Colin Fleming


Notebook

The mendacity of Walter Duranty
by Ron Radosh
On an unearned Pulitzer and some of history's most deceitful reporting.