When reason sleeps: the academy vs. science
by Roger Kimball
On Higher Superstition by Paul R. Gross & Norman Levitt.
The barbarian within
by Stephen Sartarelli
On the French government's attempts to stamp out “Franglais”.
Matthiasdottir in full color
by Jed Perl
On new still lifes & self-portraits by Louisa Matthiasdottir at Salander-O'Reilly.
Exhibition note
by Eric Gibson
On Richard Avedon: Evidence, 1944–1994” at the Whitney.
Exhibition note
by Roger Kimball
On Petrus Christus: Renaissance Master of Bruges at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibition note
by Hilton Kramer
On “Joseph Stella”
at the Whitney.
Second chances
by Donald Lyons
On revivals of Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel & Odets's The Flowering Peach.
Hand-wringing over Whitewater
by James Bowman
On the press's self-criticism over its coverage of the White House scandal.
The professor & the poetess
by Brooke Allen
A review of The Russian Girl by Kingsley Amis.
Flaubert's muse
by Renee Winegarten
A review of Rage & Fire: A Life of Louise Colet by Francine du Plessix Gray.
“The Tenth Justice”
by Marc M. Arkin
A review of Learned Hand by Gerald Gunther.