As an undergraduate, Carl Schorske asked Charles A. Beard and Lionel Trilling if they thought he should become an academic. Both said no ... more »
In arguing for an anarchist approach to history, David Graeber's last book fired a fusillade, not much of which hit its targets ... more »
What does a fusty old poet like Yeats have to say now? A whole lot. His poems are "like stethoscopes held up to the hum of a mysterious world"... more »