In Essence

"The Potency of Pure Painting: Manet’s Still Lifes" by Karen Wilkin, in The New Criterion (Mar. 2001), 850 Seventh Ave., New York, N.Y. 10019; "The Urbane Innocent" by Peter Schjeldahl, in The New Yorker (Nov. 20, 2000), 4 Times Sq., New York, N.Y. 10036.

"The Importance of Being Earnest" by Rochelle Gurstein, in The New Republic (Mar. 12, 2001), 1220 19th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.

"Judicial Psychiatry in China and Its Political Abuses" by Robin Munro, in Columbia Journal of Asian Law (Spring 2000), Columbia Law School, Rm. 116, 435 W. 116th St., New York, N.Y. 10027. Available online at www.law.washington.edu/clnet/features/articles/judicialpsychiatry2001.pdf

"Portrait: Jürgen Habermas" by Jan-Werner Müller, in Prospect (Mar. 2001), 4 Bedford Sq., London WC 1B 3RD, U.K.

"Cuba’s Road to Serfdom" by Carlos Seiglie, in Cato Journal (Winter 2001), Cato Institute, 1000 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001–5403.

Reviews of new research at public agencies and private institutions

"What Happened to Sex Scandals? Politics and Peccadilloes, Jefferson to Kennedy" by John H. Summers, in The Journal of American History (Dec. 2000), 1215 E. Atwater Ave., Bloomington, Ind. 47401–3703.

"Does Federalism Have a Future?" by Pietro S. Nivola, in The Public Interest (Winter 2001), 1112 16th St., N.W., Ste. 530, Washington, D.C. 20036.

"Come Partly Home, America" by Michael O’Hanlon, in Foreign Affairs (Mar.–Apr. 2001), 58 E. 68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021.

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