Culture Wars & The Myth Of The Neutral State: Michael Sandel interviewed by Nathan Gardels

Nicholas Christakis was at the center of Yale's Halloween controversy. He wants to move on. The culture war has other ideas

The Close, Prolonged Contact Myth

The Zero-Sum Myth Driving Anti-Capitalism Politics

The Impossible Strength of the Testosterone Myth

Guest Post: State Prosecutors, Protests, and Politics as Usual?

In Praise of the Useless: Bertrand Russell’s Salve for Hard Times

René Daumal’s Sermon on the Mount

Gen Z but two centuries ago

Has the University of Wisconsin Really Abandoned DEI?

He was a spy, a Zen priest, a fisherman, and a Bigfoot obsessive: Peter Matthiessen never had just one life

The problem with a literary culture of images is that images have an exceptionally short shelf life. People soon grow bored with them

Don't Blame ChatGPT for the Florida State Shooting

Even Dictatorships Don't Fight Wars This Way

Photographic memory is a myth

Where the Russia-Ukraine war stands today

Israel's Conduct in Gaza Does Not Resemble Genocide

Open Thread

Will Trump Betray Taiwan?

The NCAA Is Making Unpopular Decisions at Exactly the Wrong Time

Power without Ideology