Articles of Note

Want to succeed at the mother of all tech incubators, Stanford University? Don’t sleep. Read René Girard (or at least pretend to). And brown-nose relentlessly... more »


New Books

George Orwell was a democratic socialist all his life. So why are 1984 and Animal Farm commonly read as indictments of socialism?... more »


Essays & Opinions

Poetry has grown boring, narcissistic, and precious — in short, easy to hate. It must recover its immediate, electric power... more »