Articles of Note

How has America changed Yiddish? Simple: It’s killed it. How has Yiddish changed America? That’s more complicated  ... more »


New Books

Thorstein Veblen seemed intent on torching every school of thought. Does the academy still produce such thinkers?  ... more »


Essays & Opinions

Montaigne studied classical philosophy but claimed to learn nothing from it — the only moral authority he recognized was his own  ... more »