Things that matter: three decades of passions, pastimes, and politics

Part one: Personal. The good and the great ; Manners ; Pride and prejudices ; Follies ; Passions and pastimes ; Heaven and Earth

Part two: Political. Citizen and state ; Conundrums ; Body and soul ; Man and God ; Memory and monuments

Part three: Historical. The Jewish question, again ; The golden age ; The age of holy terror ; The age to come

Part four: Global. Three essays on America and the world.