Articles of Note

What is “creative destruction”? In Silicon Valley, it’s the intellectual bedrock. Elsewhere, it’s nonsense  ... more »

New Books

What was it about Nazi ideology, at least early on, that appealed to Germans? Its vagueness. People saw what they wanted to see... more »

Essays & Opinions

Surrounded by revolutionary fervor in China, Eileen Chang chronicled smaller revolutions, in romance and lust. She would have been 100 today ... more »