The New Republic

The New Republic's obituary for James Joyce, 1882-1941

Of all the issues raised by Germany’s National Socialist movement, its promise to scrap the Versailles Treaty has probably appealed more strongly to the Germans than any other.

Reflections on the efficiency of banning alcohol

A 1921 review of E.M. Forster's classic novel

When Liberalism argues for an intensification of American aloofness, it sinks only deeper into futility.

The American people were as ill-prepared to meet the spiritual challenge of the war as they were to protect themselves against its distressing economic effects.