Counterpoints

Roger Kimball talked about the book he co-edited with Hilton Kramer, Counterpoints: 25 Years of “The New Criterion” on Culture and the Arts, published by Ivan R. Dee. Twenty-five years after the founding of the New Criterion magazine, the editors of the conservative journal of literary, artistic and cultural criticism published a collection of writings from the magazine. Mr. Kimball also moderated a panel discussion with four of the book’s contributors. After the discussion the panelists responded to audience members' questions.

Robert Bork was nominated to the Supreme Court by Ronald Reagan in 1987, but the Senate rejected his nomination. Anthony Daniels is a psychiatrist specializing in addiction who formerly practiced medicine in a British prison. Eric Ormsby is a poet and literary columnist for the New York Sun. Mark Steyn is a syndicated columnist from Canada.

May 15, 2007