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Gertrude Himmelfarb

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The French Connection: How the Revolution, and Two Thinkers, Bequeathed Us ‘Right’ and ‘Left’

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The French Connection: How the Revolution, and Two Thinkers, Bequeathed Us ‘Right’ and ‘Left’." The Weekly Standard, December 9, 2013.

Meet Mr. Bagehot: How ‘The Greatest Victorian’ Speaks to Us

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Meet Mr. Bagehot: How ‘The Greatest Victorian’ Speaks to Us." The Weekly Standard,  September 9, 2013.

The Victorian Lady: Margaret Thatcher’s Virtues

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "The Victorian Lady: Margaret Thatcher's Virtues." The Weekly Standard, April 22, 2013.

Compassionate Conservatism Properly Understood

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Compassionate Conservatism Properly Understood." The Weekly Standard, January 14, 2013.

Our Dignified Constitution: Fourth of July Reflections on the Queen’s Jubilee

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Our Dignified Constitution: Fourth of July Reflections on the Queen’s Jubilee." The Weekly Standard,  July 16, 2012.

Civil Society Reconsidered: Little Platoons are Just the Beginning

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Civil Society Reconsidered: Little Platoons are Just the Beginning." The Weekly Standard, April 23, 2012.

Lionel Trilling and the Critical Imagination

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Lionel Trilling & the Critical Imagination." New Criterion. October, 2011.

Irving Kristol’s Neoconservative Persuasion

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Irving Kristol’s Neoconservative Persuasion." Commentary Magazine, February, 2011.

Sense and Sensibility: No Good Deed of Hume’s went Unpunished by Rousseau

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Sense and Sensibility: No Good Deed of Hume's went Unpunished by Rousseau." The Weekly Standard, March 30, 2009.

Reflections on Burke’s Reflections

Himmelfarb, Gertrude. "Reflections on Burke's Reflections." New Criterion, February, 2009.

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Featured Works

  • The Cheerful Pessimist by Irwin Stelzer
  • My Mother Gertrude Himmelfarb by Bill Kristol
  • The Last Victorian Sage by Myron Magnet
  • The Historian of Moral Revolution by David Brooks
  • Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman

Featured Works

  • The Cheerful Pessimist by Irwin Stelzer
  • My Mother Gertrude Himmelfarb by Bill Kristol
  • The Last Victorian Sage by Myron Magnet
  • The Historian of Moral Revolution by David Brooks
  • Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman

Featured Works

  • The Cheerful Pessimist by Irwin Stelzer
  • My Mother Gertrude Himmelfarb by Bill Kristol
  • The Last Victorian Sage by Myron Magnet
  • The Historian of Moral Revolution by David Brooks
  • Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman

Featured Works

  • The Cheerful Pessimist by Irwin Stelzer
  • My Mother Gertrude Himmelfarb by Bill Kristol
  • The Last Victorian Sage by Myron Magnet
  • The Historian of Moral Revolution by David Brooks
  • Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman

Featured Works

  • The Cheerful Pessimist by Irwin Stelzer
  • My Mother Gertrude Himmelfarb by Bill Kristol
  • The Last Victorian Sage by Myron Magnet
  • The Historian of Moral Revolution by David Brooks
  • Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman

Featured Works

  • The Cheerful Pessimist by Irwin Stelzer
  • My Mother Gertrude Himmelfarb by Bill Kristol
  • The Last Victorian Sage by Myron Magnet
  • The Historian of Moral Revolution by David Brooks
  • Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman

Featured Works

  • The Cheerful Pessimist by Irwin Stelzer
  • My Mother Gertrude Himmelfarb by Bill Kristol
  • The Last Victorian Sage by Myron Magnet
  • The Historian of Moral Revolution by David Brooks
  • Anglo-Jewish Attitudes by Asael Abelman
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