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Middle Mind *

Dec 10th, 2001 | Filed by

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



Dwight Macdonald *

Nov 30th, 2001 | Filed by

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



Lingua Franca *

Nov 20th, 2001 | Filed by

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



Multiculti lite *

Nov 19th, 2001 | Filed by

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



Magical energy in alternative medicine *

Nov 17th, 2001 | Filed by

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



Germaine Greer on Women and Poetry *

Nov 4th, 2001 | Filed by

The interrelationship between rhyme and emphasis.… Read the rest



Nussbaum on Rawls *

Jul 20th, 2001 | Filed by

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



The Goddess is Bunk *

Feb 1st, 2001 | Filed by

Charlotte Allen looks at Wicca.… Read the rest



Freud and Fabrication *

Apr 13th, 2000 | Filed by

Freud’s stories.… Read the rest



Nagel on Rawls *

Jan 13th, 2000 | Filed by

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