France’s “Submission”
by Anthony Daniels
A review of Michel Houellebecq’s newest novel Soumission.
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The tyranny of theory
by Gary Saul Morson
On Toulmin, Tolstoy & the Dawkinsization of the humanities.
Solzhenitsyn’s permanence
by Brian C. Anderson
On Daniel J. Mahoney’s new book, The Other Solzhenitsyn, and why Solzhenitsyn is still relevant today.
Shakespeare’s Franciscans
by Kenneth Colston
Why Shakespeare risked including the persecuted order in his plays.
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The objective correlative of the E.U.
by Daniel Hannan
The European Parliament’s gargantuan edifices are the perfect symbols of the larger Euro-racket.
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Theater
Monster, man & principal boy
by Andrew Stuttaford
Reviews of Tamburlaine, The Elephant Man & Peter Pan.
Art
Gaitonde at the Guggenheim
by Karen Wilkin
On “V. S. Gaitonde: Painting as Process, Painting as Life” at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis” at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Gary Petersen: Not Now, But Maybe Later” at Theodore:Art, “Philip Taaffe” at Luhring Augustine, “Through the Valley: New Paintings by Devin Powers” at Lesley Heller Workspace, “Fran O’Neill: Painting Her Way Home” at Life on Mars, “Sideshow Nation III: Circle the Wagons” at Sideshow Gallery, and “Paperazzi IV” at Janet Kurnatowski Gallery.
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Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
Reviews of The Long Christmas Dinner, Juanjo Mena at the New York Philharmonic, Hansel and Gretel at the Metropolitan Opera, and more.
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The media
The new rules of journalism
by James Bowman
On the media’s response to The Interview, Charlie Hebdo.
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Books
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Notebook
The other Italy
by Dominic Green
Elena Ferrante’s novels reveal the violent state of Southern Italy.
Notes & Comments
On some uses of “but”
by The Editors
Reactions to the Charlie Hebdo attacks reveal the limits of free speech.