The Once and Future Newspaperman
Lance Morrow, born to the cloth, takes us in gem-like chapters on a tour of the lost era of journalism written to the noise of the typewriter.
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JUDE RUSSO
Westminster, Maryland
Jude Russo is a Contributor for The New York Sun.
Mr. Russo is the managing editor of The American Conservative.
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As Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ails, questions arise about his legacy as a conservative champion.
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Stephanie McCarter allows the Roman poet to sing unobscured by the echoes of history.
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This ‘Nero’ Is a Very Modern Monster
The new biography from Anthony Everitt and Roddy Ashworth renders an engaging account of the last Julio-Claudian, but in the process shines the lamp on our own disturbing fixations.
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An Asian Homer Now Sings for the West Also
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John Singer Sargent Stuns Under a Spanish Sun
The painter was a master of evoking truth from the raw and rather lumpish material of reality, a citizen of the world, an innovator whose vocabulary is drawn from tradition — we dare say a perfect artist. This may be a perfect exhibition.
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The Night Table: Jazz, Lady Journalists, and DeLillo Revisited
A selection of the best books from our recent reading and reviews.
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‘Shrines of Gaiety’ a Delightful Romp Through the Roaring Twenties
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