The discoveries of the Greeks and Romans introduced the long Western tradition of rationalism and empiricism. @VDHanson traces the intellectual legacy of ancient Greece and Rome. Read on in the September issue of The New Criterion: newcriterion.com/article/the…

“It took a good year and a half to ready ourselves and become familiar with four centuries of literary history and criticism.” Read “The English gauntlet,” by Mark Bauerlein. newcriterion.com/article/the…

Yesterday evening, at this year’s Circle Lecture, The New Criterion’s Visiting Critic Lionel Shriver posed the question “What do progressives really want?” A video of the evening is forthcoming for our supporters, and look to the November issue for an adaptation of Shriver’s remarks. Want to join us for more events like this in the future? Follow the link in our bio to join the Circle of The New Criterion. newcriterion.com/circle

“Why did few women writers in the English language excel at the short story in the nineteenth century?” Read “An unprecedented thing,” by Ernest Jesuyemi. newcriterion.com/dispatch/an…

“The persistent reluctance in Europe to embrace and invest in defense capabilities has deep historical roots, of course, and not without reason.” Read “The long peace,” by Nicholas W. Zamiska. newcriterion.com/article/the…

“Nearly all the editors strove for an ecumenicism that does not come as second nature to poets.” Read “Goodbye to po-biz,” by David Lehman. newcriterion.com/article/goo…

“Russell was more doubtful about being called Gothic, though he told Diana Cooper he was sure the appellation was kindly meant.” Read “A Somerset farmer,” by David Platzer. newcriterion.com/dispatch/a-…

“Goldsworthy’s overall realist judgment on that outcome and its prospect also echoes that of Thucydides.” Read “Greek havoc,” by Paul Cartledge. newcriterion.com/article/gre…

“Here the new garden-side façade picks up and harmonizes with the street-facing elevation with some simplifications.” Read “America inside out,” by James Panero. newcriterion.com/article/ame…

“The Odyssey, far more than the earlier Iliad, captures the birth of the polis.” Reasd “A post-Western ‘Odyssey,’” by Victor Davis Hanson. newcriterion.com/article/a-p…

“Latin declensions were, it turned out, a matter of pride and glory.” Read “Decline & rise,” by Spencer A. Klavan. newcriterion.com/article/dec…

“Acquaintances and colleagues who knew Huxley and Orwell personally never failed to notice their physical height.” Read “Literary heights,” by John Rodden. newcriterion.com/article/lit…

“The AI system correlates the sounds to scenic representations, which are then projected on the stage.” Read “Artificially intelligent Wagner,” by Paul du Quenoy. newcriterion.com/dispatch/ar…

“Unfortunately, the festival’s lightweight production by Davide Livermore was often at odds with the opera’s seriousness.” Read “Greek tragedy,” by George Loomis. newcriterion.com/dispatch/gr…

“Where this book is most valuable and very insightful is in the elevation of Trump to a category of importance remotely comparable to Lincoln and Roosevelt.” Read “Great men & statesmen,” by Conrad Black. newcriterion.com/article/gre…

“The references are obvious, though production materials diplomatically avoid mentioning Trump by name.” Read “A relentless revival,” by Paul du Quenoy. newcriterion.com/dispatch/a-…

“What has been left out is the magnitude of the damage they caused and the forgotten victims of their treachery.” Read “A creed of treason,” by Henrik Bering. newcriterion.com/article/a-c…

Our critics pick: “Dudamel Conducts Mahler & Tania León,” at the New York Philharmonic (September 24–29). @nyphil newcriterion.com/dispatch/th…

Our critics pick: “Architectural Revolution on the Ottoman Frontier: Greece and Albania in the Age of Ali Pasha,” by Emily Neumeier (Penn State University Press). @neumeiem newcriterion.com/dispatch/th…

Our critics pick: “Aperture Loves New York,” at Aperture (through November 1). @JamesPanero @aperturefnd newcriterion.com/dispatch/th…

Our critics pick: “The Storytellers: Reading the Masterpieces of Nineteenth-Century Short Fiction,” by Michael Gorra (University of Chicago Press). @UChicagoPress newcriterion.com/dispatch/th…