Populism, IX: Avenue to renovation
by Conrad Black
On the American party system, and our current disruptive moment.
Features
Crimes against culture
by Gary Saul Morson
On Doctor Zhivago & the dissident faith of Boris Pasternak.
Dialogues in Scrutopia
by Daniel J. Mahoney
On the recent works & widespread influence of Sir Roger Scruton.
Doubling in Dublin
by Dominic Green
On The Real People of Joyce’s Ulysses by Vivien Igoe.
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Reflections
The tragic sensibility
by Robert D. Kaplan
On the unpredictability of humanity, both in politics and on the stage.
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Reconsiderations
A better London
by Benjamin Riley
On Nairn’s London & the career of the British architecture critic.
Theater
News on the Rialto
by Kyle Smith
On The Price at the American Airlines Theatre, Sweat at Studio 54, & Come From Away at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
Art
Marsden Hartley at The Met Breuer
by Karen Wilkin
On “Marsden Hartley’s Maine” at The Met Breuer, New York.
Exhibition note
by Alexandra Mullen
On “A World of Emotion: Ancient Greece, 700 BC–200 AD” at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York.
Exhibition note
by Franklin Einspruch
On “Seurat’s Circus Sideshow” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Exhibition note
by Mario Naves
On “Alexei Jawlensky” at the Neue Galerie, New York.
The Whitney’s identity problem
by James Panero
On “Whitney Biennial 2017” at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.
Music
New York chronicle
by Jay Nordlinger
On Esa-Pekka Salonen’s Cello Concerto performed by the New York Philharmonic, La campana sommersa performed by New York City Opera, a violin recital by Simone Lamsma at Carnegie Hall, a performance by the Munich Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall, & Eugene Onegin performed by the Metropolitan Opera.
The media
A wilderness of mirrors
by James Bowman
On the media’s starring role in their own scandalous tales.
Fiction chronicle
Sinners in the hands of an angry buddha
by Joseph Rago
On Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders, Autumn by Ali Smith, Universal Harvester by John Darnielle, Ill Will by Dan Chaon, & I’d Die For You by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
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Notebook
Michael Novak, 1933—2017
by Robert P. George
On the life and influence of the prolific Catholic philosopher.
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Academic follies (still cont’d)
by The Editors
On the ever-rolling wave of tantrums and tumult on America’s campuses.