Tocqueville today
by Roger Kimball
A consideration of Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville.
Reticence or insincerity, Rattigan or Pinter
by Theodore Dalrymple
On the work of Terrence Rattigan and Harold Pinter.
The triumph of experience over hope
by John Gross
On art exhibitions in London.
Playful, at times savage
by Mark Steyn
On The Best Man, by Gore Vidal; Blithe Spirit, by Noel Coward & A Lesson Before Dying, by Romulus Linney.
Rembrandt & Venice
by Karen Wilkin
On “Rembrandt and the Venetian Influence”,; at the Salander-O’Reilly Galleries.
Exhibition note
by Daniel Kunitz
Daniel Kunitz on “Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings,” at the Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York.
Exhibition note
by Daniel Kunitz
On “Louise Fishman: New Paintings,” at the Cheim & Read Gallery, New York.
The sorrow & the pity
by David Mermelstein
On Parsifal, by Richard Wagner.
The joke's on us
by James Bowman
On the coverage of the presidential debates.
George Orwell: changing the climate
by David Pryce-Jones
A review of Orwell: Wintry Conscience of a Generation, by Jeffrey Meyers.
Slim pickings
by John Derbyshire
A review of Berlin in Lights: The Diaries of Harry Kessler, edited and translated by Charles Kessler.
James Dean of fascism
by Jeffrey Meyers
A review of The Collaborator: The Trial and Execution of Robert Brasillach, by Alice Kaplan.
Shorter notice
by Paul Dean
Paul Dean on The Knox Brothers, by Penelope Fitzgerald.
Shorter notice
by Jonah Goldberg
Jonah Goldberg on Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton, by David Gergen.
"The order passion yields": i.m. Edgar Bowers, 1924-2000
by David Yezzi
Homage to Edgar Bowers.