What’s In a Name?
The tendentious and obscurantist jargon of the academy is an old story, but makes for a great trivia challenge...
From the Editor's Desk
You’re Fired!
I never thought reality TV was going to work out well.
Correspondence
Essays
The Obama Transformation versus the Reagan Revolution
The great contest in 2016.
Dereliction of Duty
I begin by offering the trustees of my alma mater, Williams College, a bit of advice...
The Politics of Star Trek
From the New Frontier to the final frontier.
Book Reviews
The Nazi Jurist
A review of Carl Schmitt: A Biography, by Reinhard Mehring.
Passionate Focus
A review of Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language, by Clive James
Who Needs Unions?
A review of Only One Thing Can Save Us: Why America Needs a New Kind of Labor Movement, by Thomas Geoghegan.
Choosing Defeat
A review of America in Retreat: The New Isolationism and the Coming Global Disorder, by Bret Stephens.
Lukewarm Lincoln
Students of Abraham Lincoln marvel that, when not quite 29, he warned of a towering genius...
Imagine No Religion
A review of Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
A More Perfect Union
D.W. Griffith, once a famous film pioneer, is remembered for just one thing today...
Shadow Play
What’s In a Name?
The tendentious and obscurantist jargon of the academy is an old story, but makes for a great trivia challenge...