Arguing for Free Trade by Paul Johnson There are two scenarios for world trade in the 21st century, an optimistic and a pessimistic one.
A Ladies’ Room of One’s Own by Wendy Shalit I am sometimes puzzled by all the talk in universities these days about the “loss of the canon.”
A Moment on the Earth, by Gregg Easterbrook by Jeffrey Marsh Beginning with the publication of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring almost 35 years ago, a parade of books on the environment…
A Tale of Two Scholars by Our Readers To the Editor: Cynthia Ozick's often enlightening article . . . , “Mark Twain and the Jews” [May], might have…
Arguing for Free Trade by Paul Johnson There are two scenarios for world trade in the 21st century, an optimistic and a pessimistic one.
Community Relations by Our Readers To the Editor: Jack Wertheimer [“A Jewish Contract With America,” May] is distressed by the continuing commitment of Jewish communal…
History Standards by Our Readers To the Editor: As one of the two faculty members responsible for overseeing the development of the Standards for Era…
In the Matter of Pat Robertson by Norman Podhoretz Is Pat Robertson guilty of the charge of anti-Semitism that has lately been hurled at him?
IQ, Race, and Heredity by And Critics To the Editor: In “ ‘The Bell Curve’ and Its Critics” [May], Charles Murray does your readers a disservice by…
Odd Angles of Heaven, edited by David Craig and Janet McCann by Commentary Bk Some contemporary writers of poetry take to religion, searching for the feelings that might release their fine command of words.
The Age of Extremes, by Eric Hobsbawm by Walter A. McDougall A “powerful interpretation, . . . great analytical force,” writes Eugene Genovese in a review of this book; “I doubt…
The Rise of Neoconservatism, by John Ehrman; Cold War Illusions, by Dana H. Allin by Arch Puddington Not so long ago, revisionist historians of the cold war were busy building a case for holding the United States…
The Third Mrs. Kessler by Joseph Epstein Her eyes—leaning closer to the magnifying mirror, Elaine could read the future in her eyes.
Two Cheers for Kurt Masur by Terry Teachout When the German conductor Kurt Masur was appointed music director of the New York Philharmonic in the fall of 1991,…
Where Is the Peace Process Going? by Dore Gold Still another moment of transition is occurring in Israel as the government of Yitzhak Rabin moves toward implementing the next…
