Welcome aboard
On Why I am Really a Progressive; from the New Statesman
Gray's goulash
Discussing John Gray's essay on John Stuart Mill from The Times Literary Supplement
The passion of Walker Evans
by Daniel Mark Epstein
Considering the retrospective exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rosy nights at the opera
by Alexander Coleman
On Richard Strauss
Mae days
by Mark Steyn
Mae West on the New York stage
A treasure trove of conducting
by Lawrence Johnson
On videos of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from the 1950s
Concert note
by David Mermelstein
On Thomas Hampson at Segerstrom Hall, Costa Mesa, California.
"The candor pander"
by James Bowman
On personal authenticity and the presidential race.
Father knows best
by Joseph Epstein
Review of Between Father and Son: Family Letters by V. S. Naipaul.
Fallen Angel
by Jeffrey Meyers
Review of Bruce Chatwin by Nicholas Shakespeare.
Flypaper for ghosts
by Eric Ormsby
Review of Diaries 1899-1941 by Robert Musil.
Tolle, lege
by Marc Arkin
Review of Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia, edited by Allan D. Fitzgerald.