What’s the real problem with the culture wars? Some weirdo suggests it’s that “the stakes are so...
Month: September 2010
{Note: Aristotle’s ‘De Anima’ is a work that has, admittedly, got me tied up in knots, which...
Kevin Williamson speaks truth to power. Or to Andy McArthy. Either way, it’s awesome: Whatever kind of...
With the final payment of German reparations, World War One officially ends.
“In some ways, the ‘night watchman’ state — the state that enables civil society to develop and...
Jamelle Bouie’s take on the recent Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life poll is the best...
Instead of a Revolution Not long ago, and not for the first time, I noted that Barack...
Unlike Lisa, I’m hesitant to describe populism as a complete ideology. The characteristics of American populism she...
Gladwell’s New Yorker article on the limits of social media is, I think, completely correct.
Kwame Anthony Appiah has a fascinating article in the Washington Post this morning: A look at the...
First, many thanks to Will for spotting this article and passing it along my way. It’s one...
Here’s an evocative little poem by Ted Hughes. It’s not my favorite of his work (like a...
Great op-ed from The Wall Street Journal: The appearance of the boy-girl literacy gap happens to coincide...
The Obama administration urged a federal judge early Saturday to dismiss a lawsuit over its targeting of...
I’ve been meaning for quite a while to write about how The Road to Serfdom doesn’t say...
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers have long been among my favorite social scientists thanks to their meticulous,...
I know very little about Christine O’Donnell, and I suspect I would not like her politics very...
Salon recently posted a fascinating interview with journalist Meredith Maram, who falsely accused her father of molesting...
A recent study suggests that leaning right might, well, make you lean right. I don’t see a...
That’s John Malkovich, trying to explain why he passed on Goodfellas, in a pretty great series of...
