Things that matter: three decades of passions, pastimes and politics

Personal. The good and the great ; Manners ; Pride and prejudices ; Follies ; Passions and pastimes ; Heaven and Earth

Political. Citizen and state ; Conundrums ; Body and soul ; Man and God ; Memory and monuments

Historical. The Jewish question, again ; The Golden Age ; The age of holy terror ; The age to come

Global. Three essays on America and the world.