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Calling all Democrats: Time to stop focusing on the 2012 election and start focusing on the 2013 NYC primaries. Are you ready?
My appearance on NY1 discussing why "Some NYC Voters Want To Switch Parties To Vote In Democratic Primaries" is now online.
And here again is my editorial in the Daily News about "Why I'm Becoming A Democrat."
James writes:
"The Joe Bonham Project: Drawing the stories of America's Wounded Veterans" opens this weekend in the heart of Washington. To mark the occasion, I'll join other critics and writers for a panel discussion moderated by Bonham founder Michael D. Fay.
The panel discussion, free and open to the public, will feature Peter Catapano, Editor, Opinionator, nytimes.com; Brandon Fortune, Curator of Prints and Paintings, The National Portrait Gallery; Carol Kino, Arts Writer, The New York TImes; and James Panero, Managing Editor, The New Criterion. Moderated by Michael D. Fay, founder, The Joe Bonham Project.
Here's more on the Project's first exhibition in New York, which I curated at Storefront Gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Lance Cpl. Tyler Huffman by Michael D. Fay
I am excited to say that Future Tense: The Lessons of Culture in an Age of Upheaval, Essays from The New Criterion is now available in hardcover from Encounter Books.
Future Tense examines our pivotal era through a variety of lenses and includes "What's a Museum?" my essay on the cultural capital of art.
Beginning with a meditation on memorials after the 9/11 attacks (Michael J. Lewis), the essays also address patriotism in relation to Pericles (Victor Davis Hanson), twenty-first century American pride and leadership (Andrew Roberts), the future of religion in America (David Bentley Hart), and the unwinding of the welfare state (Kevin D. Williamson). Continuing this arc, pieces examine self-knowledge and modern technology (Anthony Daniels), and the difficulties of making law in the modern world (Andrew C. McCarthy). In its penultimate essay, the book explores the possibility of a forthcoming political revolution (James Piereson), then closes with a reflection of culture’s role in the economy of life and the fragility of civilization (Roger Kimball).
Future Tense is now in stock and on sale at Amazon.
UPDATE: Tom Carson at The American Prospect offers an early review. Spoiler: he's a fan, (but calls my contribution "fun and smart").