Is there any connection between the way we think and the way we live? Surely yes, but do biographers know what the connections are?… Read the rest

What is and what is not at issue in the disagreements.… Read the rest

Michael Ruse says they can.… Read the rest

Cynthia Ozick believes stories occupy a realm separate from life, and that includes politics.… Read the rest

Kingsley Amis thought of boredom as a form of tyranny.… Read the rest

Philosophers and political theorists disagree with popular belief that special rewards are deserved.… Read the rest

And they talk about media saturation.… Read the rest

Funny, ruthless dissection of the ‘Fresh Air’ mindset.… Read the rest

Right when he said no, wrong when he said yes.… Read the rest

Judith Shulevitz on making a magazine weird.… Read the rest

A global education? Or merely a little Arundhati Roy here, a little Toni Morrisson there.… Read the rest

Misuse of scientific terms gives credibility to woo-woo.… Read the rest

The interrelationship between rhyme and emphasis.… Read the rest

Martha Nussbaum on John Rawls in the Chronicle of Higher Education.… Read the rest

Charlotte Allen looks at Wicca.… Read the rest

Freud’s stories.… Read the rest

Thomas Nagel on John Rawls in The New Republic.… Read the rest