Excellent Cadavers by Alexander Stille; Comrade Criminal by Stephen Handelman by Angelo Codevilla For most of this century, one enduring piece of conventional political wisdom has been that “partnership” between business and government…
Irving Kristol: The National Prospect by Irving Kristol To commemorate COMMENTARY's 50th anniversary, the editors addressed the following statement and questions to Irving Kristol:
Men in Black by Scott Spencer; Independence Day by Richard Ford by D.G. Myers At one time, the American novel was (in Saul Bellow's phrase) “an indispensable source of illumination of the present, of…
The Defeat of the Mind by Alain Finkielkraut by Thomas Pavel The French essay—the gift of a culture that values wit and paradox as much as argument and proof—is a genre…
The National Prospect by Nathan Glazer To commemorate Commentary's fiftieth anniversary, the editors addressed the following statement and questions to a group of American intellectuals:
The Romantic Generation by Charles Rosen by Elliott Zuckerman It is hard to characterize generations, in part because it is not clear when they begin and end.
The Song of Songs: A New Translation by Ariel and Chana Bloch by Hillel Halkin “Kiss me, make me drunk with your kisses!” So begins Ariel and Chana Bloch's new translation of the Song of…
Zola: A Life by Frederick Brown by Christopher Caldwell Anatole France gave the eulogy at Emile Zola's graveside in 1902.
