Articles of Note

What high school, that ?giant box of strangers,' is all about: shame, both at the time and in living memory... more »


New Books

Maybe Darwin was wrong, says Thomas Nagel, and biology is teleology: The universe is aimed at certain goals as it unfolds through time... more »


Essays & Opinions

A jury of art students in 1913 convicted Matisse of ?artistic murder.' They disagreed, it seems, about what makes a canvas a painting... more »