Hence another response to adverse public opinion: that Europe's people would soon learn to love it if only its institutions were more open and democratic.

ECONOMIST: All too many don��t

If you love TV and its possibilities, hearing this can only make your heart sink.

NEWYORKER: Owning It

When Wilde wrote that all excess as well as all renunciation brings its punishment, he evidently had in mind the contrast between Basil, who can conceive of his love for Dorian only in abstract terms, and Dorian, who is so intent on embracing the physical that he loses his mind.

NEWYORKER: Deceptive Picture