Wode Within the Wood

by Peter J. Leithart

In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the city depends on powers found beyond it. Continue Reading »

30 Aug 2019

A Reader's Resolution for 2019

by Matthew J. Franck

The Shakespeare-in-a-year reading plan, newly updated for 2019! Continue Reading »

20 Dec 2018

Shakespearean Meta-Politics

by Peter J. Leithart

Richard III reminds us that there are meta-political realities that exceed politics. Continue Reading »

21 Sep 2018

Virtuous Evildoers

by Gilbert Meilaender

At the end of Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar, Brutus and ­Cassius, the conspirators who had assassinated Caesar, are themselves dead. Brutus has, in fact, fallen upon his sword rather than face capture by the armies of Octavius and Mark Antony. Brutus was bad enough to betray and murder a . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2018

A Reader’s Resolution for 2018

by Matthew J. Franck

With our Shakespeare-in-a-year plan, you can make 2018 the year you finally get around to reading more of the Bard.  Continue Reading »

19 Dec 2017

As the Bard Might Say . . .

by George Weigel

Touchstone’s catalogue of evasion in Shakespeare's As You Like It closely parallels the statements made by defenders of Amoris Laetitia. Continue Reading »

15 Nov 2017

What They Knew Without Seeing

by Kenneth Colston

Shakespeare managed to sneak medieval Catholic drama into his work, despite Puritan regulation—so why don't Catholic playwrights today do the same?  Continue Reading »

25 Sep 2017

Butchering Shakespeare

by Josiah Peterson

Shakespeare in the Park reduced Julius Caesar from a morally complex political drama into a heavy-handed tale of progressivism. Continue Reading »

21 Jul 2017

The Tragedy of the Republic

by Pierre Manent

We French have for some years been overcome by a furor for republicanism and for citizenship. There is no activity so humble that it cannot take on an intimidating nobility as soon as it is associated with citizenship. The republic calls us, besieges us, smothers us—but where is the republic? Are . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 2017

From Greatness to Inclusivity

by Mark Bauerlein

When a humanities department selects its materials because they reflect identity groups, it no longer functions as a humanities department.
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14 Dec 2016