Dispatch
“Is the Democratic Party violating civil-rights law?”…
The Supreme Court ruled two years ago, in Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of…
“Upstart servants in Palm Beach,” by Paul du Quenoy
Audiences roared with laughter at Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro when it premiered…
The Critic’s Notebook
Nonfiction: Exit Wounds: A Story of Love, Loss, and Occasional Wars, by Peter Godwin (Summit Books):…
“A Viennese hour in Detroit,” by Thomas Philbrick
Few cities can rival Vienna’s list of cultural and artistic luminaries. The thinkers Ludwig…
“Week in review,” by Suzanna Murawski
Recent stories of note: “Vargas Llosa Stood for Freedom Against the Nationalist Tide”Tunku…
Mahler & his “Tragic”
Last night, the Philadelphia Orchestra played the Symphony No. 6 in A minor of Gustav Mahler. The…
Mucha gusto
A decade ago, the ground floor of Prague’s Savarin Palace was a McDonald’s, sweating a miasmic haze…
“The Critic’s Notebook,” by the Editors
Nonfiction: What to Expect When You’re Dead: An Ancient Tour of Death and the Afterlife, by Robert…
“The many sides of Artemisia,” by David Platzer
Artemisia Gentileschi, born in Rome in 1593, was one of the first women to be a leading painter.…
Week in review
Recent stories of note: “A Novelist Draws”Rupert Christiansen, Literary Review On the island of…
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