The following is an edited version of remarks delivered at The New Criterion ’s gala on April 24, 2025, honoring Heather Mac ...

Formerly known as Elihu Yale; William Cavendish, the second Duke of Devonshire; Lord James Cavendish; Mr. Tunstal; and an ...

So, yes: Buckley was the founding father of modern conservatism, the man who legitimized conservatism as an intellectual ...

So it was also with South Asia. In 1946, Sir Francis Tucker, the head of Eastern Command, proposed a British protectorate ...

In Paris, after a few years of study with the leading portrait painter of the era, Carolus-Duran, and intermittent attendance ...

James Franklin on the life & work of the Australian historian.

Jonathan Gaisman on Beethoven’s last sonatas.

A couple of weeks later, after several Democratic members of Congress had flown to El Salvador to petition the government to ...

Roger Kimball on the life & work of the prolific author.

Many of the original works were gathered for display, though many more had been lost. They were hung in proper respectful ...

A s the chief speechwriter for nearly the entirety of Ronald Reagan’s two terms, Anthony R. “Tony” Dolan will probably be ...

John P. Rossi on “Paris 1944,” by Patrick Bishop.