Caitlin Moran,"Using Images to Teach History," CHE, 23 October, reports on a conference co-sponsored by NEH and the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom on the use of art in teaching history.

Timothy Noah,"McCain's Hero: More Socialist Than Obama!" Slate, 23 October, suggests that John McCain should re-read his Theodore Roosevelt.

William E. Leuchtenburg,"Bush Is No Hoover," TNR, 21 October, defends Hoover from the Bush analogy. Hat tip.

Laura Shapiro,"Emily Post's Secret," Slate, 22 October, reviews Laura Claridge's Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners.

Charles McGrath,"Shadows of Yaddo," NYT, 23 October, reviews"Yaddo: Making American Culture," an exhibit at the New York Public Library.

Nick Currie,"The Post-Materialist," The Moment, 23 October, reviews"Cold War Modern," an exhibit at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.

Laura Cumming,"Welcome to his dark side ...," Guardian, 28 September, and Julian Bell,"Lost in Rothko," TLS, 22 October, review"Rothko: The Late Series," an exhibit at the Tate Modern in London.