President Obama frequently confuses explanation for persuasion, as if simply telling Americans that because he thinks X, then X must be the way to go, and nearly all of his explanations assume that disagreement with him must stem from ignorance or villainy.

In this Bradley Lecture, Joseph Epstein discusses the state of the arts in America, paying particular attention to the influence of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick remembers herearly years.