Poised Between the Ancient and the New
By Benjamin Balint Friday, December 1, 2006
Isaac B. Singer: A Life By Florence Noiville
Going Native
When American literature became good enough for Americans, what happened to the literary canon?
By Morris Dickstein Friday, December 1, 2006
The Pseudo-Conservative Revolt
From the Winter 1954-55 issue of The Scholar
By Richard Hofstader Friday, December 1, 2006
THE SCHOLAR AT 75: An Educated Guess
Who knew that mixing the intelligent and the idiosyncratic would yield a long life for a certain small quarterly?
By Ted Widmer Friday, December 1, 2006
THE SCHOLAR AT 75: Postcards from the Past
Pressing questions and persistent vitality
By Richard E. Nicholls Friday, December 1, 2006
Not Compassionate, Not Conservative
A political traditionalist critiques our pseudo-conservative president
By Ethan Fishman Friday, December 1, 2006
Scooter and Me
Professing liberal doubt in an age of fundamentalist fervor
By Nick Bromell Friday, December 1, 2006
Fear of Falling
Working in the mop-and-bucket brigade in college created the perspectives of a lifetime
By James McConkey Friday, December 1, 2006
Glorious Dust
The posthumous masterwork of an influential black historian tells how slavery itself undermined the Confederacy
By Robert Roper Friday, December 1, 2006
The Ballad in the Street
Listening for the muffled strains of a national culture
By Alan Trachtenberg Friday, December 1, 2006
