Kingsley Amis thought of boredom as a form of tyranny.… Read the rest
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Meritocracy 
Apr 20th, 2002 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Philosophers and political theorists disagree with popular belief that special rewards are deserved.… Read the rest
Gitlin Meets Fallows
Apr 15th, 2002 |
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And they talk about media saturation.… Read the rest
Middle Mind
Dec 10th, 2001 |
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Funny, ruthless dissection of the ‘Fresh Air’ mindset.… Read the rest
Dwight Macdonald
Nov 30th, 2001 |
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Right when he said no, wrong when he said yes.… Read the rest
Lingua Franca
Nov 20th, 2001 |
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Judith Shulevitz on making a magazine weird.… Read the rest
Multiculti lite
Nov 19th, 2001 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
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 Ophelia Benson
Misuse of scientific terms gives credibility to woo-woo.… Read the rest
Germaine Greer on Women and Poetry
Nov 4th, 2001 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
The interrelationship between rhyme and emphasis.… Read the rest
Nussbaum on Rawls
Jul 20th, 2001 |
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Martha Nussbaum on John Rawls in the Chronicle of Higher Education.… Read the rest
The Goddess is Bunk
Feb 1st, 2001 |
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Charlotte Allen looks at Wicca.… Read the rest
Nagel on Rawls
Jan 13th, 2000 |
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Thomas Nagel on John Rawls in The New Republic.… Read the rest
