The moral of Caesar
by Roger Kimball
Caesar’s death was more than the end of an extraordinary life; it was the end of an era.
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The heresy of Ayaan Hirsi Ali
by Andrew C. McCarthy
Ayaan Hirsi Ali’s new book argues that the time for a Muslim reformation is now.
A burnt-out fairground
by David Pryce-Jones
A selection from David Pryce-Jones’s memoir reveals the literary world, anti-Semitism, and changing politics of twentieth-century Europe.
Wolves Hall
by Dominic Green
On Hilary Mantel’s works and their adaptations.
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Theater
Left behind
by Kyle Smith
On The Audience at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, Skylight at the John Golden Theatre, & The Heidi Chronicles at the Music Box Theatre.
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Art
Donatello & friends at the Duomo
by Marco Grassi
On “Sculpture in the Age of Donatello” at The Museum of Biblical Art.
Velázquez in Paris
by Karen Wilkin
“Diego Velázquez” at the Grand Palais, Paris.
Exhibition note
by Bruce Cole
“A Centenary of Australian War Art” at the Embassy of Australia, Washington, D.C.
Gallery chronicle
by James Panero
On “Keith A. Smith: The Fabric Works: 1964–1980” at Bruce Silverstein; “Karen Schwartz: Down the Rabbit Hole” at Life on Mars Gallery; “Mel Bernstine” at McKenzie Fine Art; “Graham Nickson: Spectrum” at Betty Cuningham Gallery; “Louise P. Sloane: Recent Paintings” at Andre Zarre Gallery & “Arts in Bushwick: Making History” at Storefront Ten Eyck
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On the Adès Totentanz, the St. Louis Symphony at Carnegie Hall, John Adams’s Scheherazade.2 & more.
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The media
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Manners & Morals
On fraternities & manliness
by Emily Esfahani Smith
The history of the fraternities may hold the solution for curing the current ills of the Greek system.
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Fiction chronicle
The story of the grail
by Stefan Beck
Reviews of The Buried Giant, by Kazuo Ishiguro; John the Pupil, by David Flusfeder; Know Your Beholder, by Adam Rapp & Notes from a Dead House, by Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Notes & Comments
Trudeau’s pick of the litter
by The Editors
The author of the “raw and subversive” Doonesbury comic strip fails to grasp the true meaning of the First Amendment.