"Patriotism is a moral mistake and an intellectual mistake, a mistake twice over," says George Kateb. "We are all subject to it"... more »
Glamour is a form of persuasion, says Virginia Postrel, and jet-age glamour changed the way people think about the relationship between humans and technology... more »
Matisse was a lover of women. Karen Wilkins explains the layered richness of his response to the female body... more »