“Our soloist was Yuja Wang, the Chinese sensation. How much longer can I refer to her as a ‘sensation’? Indefinitely, I think.” Read “Wang with a bang,” by Jay Nordlinger. @jaynordlinger @YujaWang https://t.co/MFNZDC2pfg

“A good example of the sort of unpublicized, uncredited accomplishment that Diamond has discovered is Baker’s key role in the Allied invasion of North Africa.” Read “Scout troupe,” by Paul Devlin. @hannaediamond @yalepress https://t.co/icYahBtpVx

“Even more annoying than such simple blunders is the deliberate revival of ancient errors.” Read “Bosh, not Blake,” by Nicholas Shrimpton. https://t.co/I5as2opi22

“A faculty committee formed to devise a safe and harmless great-books course would realize pretty quickly that almost every book on the list is vulnerable to objection.” Read “Ovid in exile,” by David Lehman. https://t.co/e6y0XHE2Kh

Our critic’s pick: “Halsey Ricardo: A Life in Arts and Crafts,” by Mark Bertram (Lund Humphries). @LHArtBooks https://t.co/yPMh0D0dZO

Reinforcement Learning (RL) has long been the dominant method for fine-tuning, powering many state-of-the-art LLMs. Methods like PPO and GRPO explore in action space. But can we instead explore directly in parameter space? YES we can. We propose a scalable framework for

“After an Act I aria, I found myself shouting ‘Brava!’ rather involuntarily. The audience gave Sierra an ovation that lasted maybe a minute.” Read “Nadine knocks out,” by Jay Nordlinger. @jaynordlinger @MetOpera https://t.co/A5bdLcjFgF

Our critic’s pick: “Monet and Venice,” at the Brooklyn Museum (opening October 11, 2025). @brooklynmuseum https://t.co/WpZJJpRBxt

Our critic’s pick: “Three Metamorphoses: Novellas in Verse and Prose,” by Amit Majmudar (Orison Books). @AmitMajmudar @OrisonBooks https://t.co/Ncqwow6dE2

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Our critic’s pick: Opening weekend of the Frick Collection’s 2025–26 concert series, in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Auditorium (October 10 & 12). @frickcollection @JamesPanero https://t.co/NRzLQ8RY3N

“Under the music director Gianandrea Noseda, the National Symphony has joined the first rank of American orchestras.” Read “Capital notes,” by Paul du Quenoy. @NatSymphonyDC @kencen @NosedaG https://t.co/tYD1hgMTI8

“Nothing the women say to each other sounds like a playwright preaching his themes; their words don’t sound like writing.” Read “Tortured souls,” by Kyle Smith. @rkylesmith https://t.co/nUj9X8uHCq

“The question is whether the officially countenanced assault on British identity has passed the point of no return.” Read “Unmerrie England.” https://t.co/86VcJmNRLZ

“I didn’t fully appreciate the burdens borne by the people we met, or the courage of those who refused to conceal them.” Read “Honeymoon behind the Iron Curtain,” by Jacob Howland. https://t.co/vBqvpRbOzt

“A quick look at the current state of our cousin across the pond suffices to show that a written Constitution is infinitely preferable to an unwritten Constitution.” Read “Week in review,” by Anatoly Grablevsky. @LawLiberty https://t.co/DviLT7WgDa

“The ‘Capriccio italien,’ a fantasy for orchestra, is replete with Italian tunes. Tchaikovsky wrote it under the inspiration of a trip to Rome.” Read “Caprices & culture,” by Jay Nordlinger. @jaynordlinger https://t.co/wWJJ3m1jcE

“In an age of killer submarines and cyber warfare, one might reasonably ask what old warriors from long-gone conflicts have to teach us about war today. Quite a lot, it turns out.” Read “Model officers” by Henrik Bering from the September issue of The New Criterion:

“The political and social consequences of Tyndale’s achievement, touching nearly every aspect of our modern lives, are incalculable.” Read “By the book,” by Joseph Loconte. @JosephLoconte https://t.co/1AcdARcr73

“In an age of killer submarines and cyber warfare, one might reasonably ask what old warriors from long-gone conflicts have to teach us about war today. Quite a lot, it turns out.” Read “Model officers” by Henrik Bering from the September issue of The New Criterion: