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February 2006 Volume 24, Number 6  

Notes & Comments

The Peter Principle at Wabash?
Another college succumbs to P.C. groupthink.

Peter Simple, R.I.P
On the passing of the inimitable Peter Simple.

And speaking of art . . .
On the man who attacked the World's Most Famous Urinal.


Features

Muslims: integration or separatism?
by David Pryce-Jones
Which path will Europe's Muslims choose--and what does it mean for Europe?

The poet in his dungeon
by Brooke Allen
On Leigh Hunt, the "last of the Victorians."

Dumas gastronomique
by David Fromkin
On Alexandre Dumas, master chef.

Shakespiracy theory
by David Propson
Will the real Wm. Shakespeare please stand up?


Poems

“Yes”
by Debora Greger
A new poem by Debora Greger.

"Valentine"
by Meredith Bergmann
A new poem by Meredith Bergmann.

"Psalm for the sugarhouse"
by David Barber
A new poem by David Barber.


Reconsiderations

Wilde, Synge & Orpen
by Richard Tillinghast
The cultural life of present-day Dublin.

That most awful poem, the Aeneid
by Sarah Ruden
A translator's tragic alliance.


Theater

Party foul
by Mark Steyn
Abigail's Party comes to New York.


Art

Antonello da Messina at the Met
by Karen Wilkin
On “Antonello da Messina,” which opened at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, on December 13, 2005 and remains on view through March 5, 2006.

Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Richard Tuttle: Constructed Relief Paintings, 1964–1965” at Peter Freeman; “The Kreutzer Sonata: Historical Work by Richard Tuttle” at Zwirner & Wirth; “Richard Tuttle: Prints 1973–2005” at Brooke Alexander Editions; “Joe Zucker: Open Storage, New Paintings” and “Joe Zucker: Container Ships,” at Paul Kasmin Gallery and Nolan/Eckman Gallery; “Biala: Selected Paintings” at Tibor de Nagy & “Robert S. Neuman: Fifty Years” at Allan Stone Gallery.


Music

New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the latest in New York's music scene.


The Media

Condescending respect
by James Bowman
On some divergent interpretations of "respect."


Books

Enforcing a
by Robert Bork
On Stephen Breyer's Active Liberty.

What “Dark Ages”
by Michael Novak
On Rodney Stark's Victory of Reason.

Ain't misbehavin'
by John Gross
On the critical oeuvre of John Simon.

Autumnal heart
by Jeffrey Meyers
On Jerome Charyn's Savage Shorthand: The Life & Death of Isaac Babel.


Notebook

Know when to fold 'em
by Theodore Dalrymple
Gambling with Dostoyevsky.