Forget traditional majors — the humanities should organize itself around modules like Social Justice, Migration Studies, and The Problem of God ... more »
As Isaiah Berlin put it, “Total liberty for wolves is death to the lambs.” Indeed, the history of the idea of freedom is one of paradox and contradiction ... more »
Philip Roth ensured that he had an extremely sympathetic biographer. But in the resulting biography, he still comes across as a spiteful obsessive... more »