Richard Howard's "Alone with America" is a critique of postwar American poetry, analyzing the works of 41 poets who struggled with America's disconnection fr...

The article discusses the question of when leaders should break the law in times of emergencies. It examines the tension between individual rights and the ne...

The Professor of Apocalypse is a biography of Jacob Taubes, a significant yet underappreciated thinker of the late 20th century. Taubes was a scholar of reli...

The concept of the open society, popularized by philosopher Karl Popper and promoted by the Open Society Foundation of George Soros, is often associated with...

In a series of lectures titled "The Neutral," French literary theorist Roland Barthes explores the value of neutrality and the ways in which people seek reli...

The article discusses the intersection of meritocracy and social justice in American education. It argues that these seemingly opposing forces actually coexi...

The author reflects on their upbringing in a white-flight suburb of Memphis and how they used to view their Confederate heritage as something to be proud of,...

Hannah Arendt's critique of social media centers around two key ideas. Firstly, she argues that social isolation and reliance on clichs can lead individuals ...

The article discusses the similarities between cancel culture and the tactics of 20th-century communism. It argues that both movements deny the possibility o...