https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2012/12/21/tis-the-season-new-criterion-edition/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 08:59:11 -0400<![CDATA[As many readers know, one of my hats comes emblazoned with the words “The New Criterion,” the monthly review of culture and the arts whose founding editor was  my late friend and colleague Hilton Kramer.  When Hilton and Sam Lipman started The New Criterion in 1982—it sounds even longer ago to say, “in the last century”—it was as a brash experiment: a magazine that was at once concerned with high culture and yet conservative in outlook.]]>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 06:55:29 -0500<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2012/12/21/tis-the-season-new-criterion-edition-n117245