A historian makes the case that a meeting of minds in 1726 changed the course of English literature

What Makes a Person: The Seven Layers of Selfhood in Literature and Life

Judge Ross Recuses From Election Interference Case

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England Fans Warned Not To Chant 'Keir Starmer's a Wanker' at World Cup

The Fed Has Been Honest and Stupid

All the Sad Hawks

MIT’s Initiative for New Manufacturing builds momentum

Review of “Flamboyance” by Jack Parlett – a serious study of the spectacular

Debate over whether David Foster Wallace was a virtuosic bully or a genius with a heart of gold has eclipsed consideration of his work

Robocalls Are Annoying. Eroding Privacy Is Not the Right Way To Stop Them.

Children’s literature used to get reviewed in serious outlets. That’s stopped — and has that turned the genre to “crud”?

What Makes Sloths So Slow?

The Beau Idéal Historian

The Oral Literature of the American People

The Latest Chicanery in Judge Ross's Case

Canada’s Great Recalibration

My Descent Into Mah-Jongg

Open Thread

“After all the testing and lotteries and nail-biting, this is it?” Even New York parents are growing tired of gifted and talented programs

Is a new academic report with a dry title a “diabolically evil” plot to undermine the humanities? Or will it save them?