Articles of Note

Bertrand Russell is often regarded as wanting to rid philosophy of ethics. But he had his own ethical theories. What he opposed was using ethics to prop up nationalism... more »

New Books

Once exhilarated by “the loose embrace of feminism,” Vivian Gornick has turned her back on today’s inclusive feminine solidarity... more »

Essays & Opinions

Academic literary criticism is mired in the formal, modernist project of the 1930s. The persistence of this orthodoxy is baffling — but perhaps now it will change.... more »