Modern Memory

Jonathan Yardley,"Memories carved in stone," Washington Post, 8 November, reviews Kirk Savage's Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, And the Transformation of the Memorial Landscape.

Alan Pell Crawford,"Grave Matters," WSJ, 27 October, and Fergus M. Bordewich,"Our honored dead, our flawed history," Washington Post, 8 November, review Robert M. Poole's On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery.

Patricia Cohen,"An Ethical Question: Does a Nazi Deserve a Place Among Philosophers?" NYT, 8 November, reviews the debate launched even before the publication in the United States of Emmanuel Faye's Heidegger: The Introduction of Nazism Into Philosophy.
____________,"Long-Delayed Opening for History of, and by, Joseph Papp," NYT, 6 November, has the back-story on Kenneth Turan's Free for All: Joe Papp, The Public, and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told.

Arts & Letters Daily has a superb roundup of reflections on the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall.

Stefany Anne Goldberg,"In Las Vegas, history has a price, not a past," Washington Post, 8 November, argues that pawned items lose their history for a price.

Finally, thanks to Chris Bray, the Best. Job. Listing. Ever.