Annals of leftist autophagy
On Leftist friendly fire at the Brooklyn Museum.
Holy Cross-dressing
On the perverted scholarship of a religious studies professor.
Features
“The Idiot” savant
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On Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Idiot.
Moscow on the Thames
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On Russian kleptocracy.
Operatic precocity
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On the fledgling musical career of Alma Deutscher.
Powell’s prescience
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On “Rivers of Blood” at fifty.
Reconsiderations
Art
Week in reivew
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May 25, 2018
On “necessary” art, Stanford Law School, Oscar Hammerstein & more.
The future of The New Criterion rests on your support
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May 24, 2018
A symphony in full
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May 23, 2018
On a concert of the New York Philharmonic, conducted by Semyon Bychkov.
The Critic’s Notebook
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May 22, 2018
On sculpture, Shostakovich & more from the world of culture.
When fine doesn’t cut it
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May 21, 2018
On the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in Carnegie Hall.
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1 Radical un-chic by James Panero
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Radical un-chic by James Panero
2 “The Idiot” savant by Gary Saul Morson
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“The Idiot” savant by Gary Saul Morson
3 Tom Wolfe’s vanities by Joseph Epstein
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Tom Wolfe’s vanities by Joseph Epstein
4 You don't say by Terry Teachout
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You don't say by Terry Teachout
5 The age of educational romanticism by Charles Murray
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The age of educational romanticism by Charles Murray
6 Operatic precocity by Heather Mac Donald
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Operatic precocity by Heather Mac Donald
7 Jewish for the jokes by Harry Stein
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Jewish for the jokes by Harry Stein
8 Vile bodies at the Met by Eric Gibson
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Vile bodies at the Met by Eric Gibson
9 Powell’s prescience by Simon Heffer
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Powell’s prescience by Simon Heffer
10 Notes toward an introduction by William Logan
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Notes toward an introduction by William Logan
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