Articles of Note

When the life of the mind reaches an end. Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen combs obituaries in search of companions of the intellect... more »

New Books

George Orwell was an intellectual who disliked intellectuals, a socialist who distrusted socialism. He belonged nowhere. Except England... more »

Essays & Opinions

The Old West offered no shortage of ways for a man to die. The frontier's brutality made it so damn dark ? and, to Mark Twain, so damn funny... more »