By Andrew P. Napolitano
The president's men trash the Constitution to pursue antagonists
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Jacques Barzun, a pioneering cultural historian, reigning public intellectual and longtime Ivy League professor who became a best-selling author in his 90s with the acclaimed "From Dawn to Decadence," has died. He was 104.
Jacques Barzun, a pioneering cultural historian, reigning public intellectual and longtime Ivy League professor who became a best-selling author in his 90s with the acclaimed "From Dawn to Decadence," has died. He was 104.
Three American novelists are among six finalists for Britain's Orange Prize for fiction by women.
Harold Bloom may not be Cynthia Ozick's favorite literary critic - she famously attacked him for idolatry - but she is a fascinating case study in his pet theory, the "anxiety of influence" by the "covering cherub" of a major writer, in her case Henry James.
"I don't believe it," Mr. Roth's friend and fellow writer Cynthia Ozick said upon learning the news. "A writer who stops writing while still breathing has already declared herself posthumous."
"I don't believe it," Roth's friend and fellow writer Cynthia Ozick said upon learning the news. "A writer who stops writing while still breathing has already declared herself posthumous."
