Chronicles Magazine May 2016

Sharia, Not Shakespeare

Frank Brownlow - APRIL 08, 2016

When Allardyce Nicholl, then professor of English at Birmingham University, founded the Shakespeare Institute at Stratford-upon-Avon in 1951, he intended from the beginning that it should have an international flavor.

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Donald Trump, the Court, and the Law

Stephen Presser - APRIL 08, 2016

Is Donald Trump a Burkean? Would Russell Kirk vote for him for president? Can a paleoconservative legal scholar imagine any benefit to a Trump presidency?

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On the Wings of a Snow White Dove

Thomas Fleming - APRIL 08, 2016

When you have over an hour to kill downtown in a major city, time seems to slow to a stop. Fortunately, the Roman houses beneath the Palazzo Valentini, which we were waiting to visit, are a stone’s throw from the column of Trajan.

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Falling In (and Out of) Line

Tom Piatak - APRIL 08, 2016

As I write, we have reached the stage of the Republican primary cycle that, since at least 1988, requires a pronouncement from the highest levels of the GOP: Now is the time for other candidates to back out and for all Republicans to support the...

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