American Jews & Their Judaism by Robert M. Seltzer In the 1940's, Louis Finkelstein, the president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, invited a group of scholars to…
American Jews & Their Judaism by Robert M. Seltzer In the 1940's, Louis Finkelstein, the president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, invited a group of scholars to…
American Poetry, edited by John Hollander by Carol Iannone This must surely be the most comprehensive anthology of 19th-century American poetry ever published.
Are Parents Bad for Children? by Dana Mack Not so long ago, parents were generally looked upon as repositories of wisdom and rectitude, and they were the unchallenged…
Clint Eastwood Goes PC by Richard Grenier Almost exactly ten years ago, I published an article on Clint Eastwood in COMMENTARY entitled “The World's Favorite Movie Star.”1
Creeping Talbottism by George Weigel When it took office last year, the Clinton administration's conception of America's responsibilities in the world seemed to be an…
How We Die, by Sherwin B. Nuland by Joseph Adelson On beginning to read this book, I found myself thinking almost obsessively of not very funny doctor jokes, of the…
Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, by Edward White by Daniel J. Silver Oliver Wendell Holmes is customarily called America's greatest jurist, but outside of the legal profession few today can be aware…
On Modern Jewish Politics, by Ezra Mendelsohn by Ruth R. Wisse Ezra Mendelsohn, who teaches at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, approaches the study of modern Jewish history with sober intelligence.
Tension Between Opposites, by Paul H. Nitze by Patrick Glynn Paul Nitze's latest book, Tension Between Opposites, provides a fascinating glimpse into the character, and inner growth, of one of…
The Story Behind the Handshake by Yigal Carmon The agreement reached last August in Oslo between Israel and the PLO, and then signed (with some modifications) on the…
Threats to U.S. Sovereignty by Jeremy Rabkin Even paranoids have real enemies, as the poet Delmore Schwartz once remarked.
What Did the Clintons Know & When Did They Know It? by Commentary Bk After much delay, a special prosecutor, Robert B. Fiske, Jr., has finally been appointed for “Whitewatergate.”
