News, reviews, latest trends, breakthroughs, disputes, and gossip in arts and culture http://aldaily.com/ en-us Copyright 2010 The Chronicle of Higher Education Tue, 9 Mar 2010 07:00:02 EDT rss@chronicle.com rss@chronicle.com http://aldaily.com/ald01.gif http://aldaily.com 128 70 Today's News http://aldaily.com Tue, 9 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT <p>You can't explain natural selection by appeals to domestication. There is no mind in Darwin's nature to conduct a breeding program. Oh, yeah?... <a href="http://chronicle.com/article/What-Darwins-Doubters-Get/64457/">more</a> </p> <p>It's possible to make the case that the most important thing about Bob Dylan is his Jewishness. But it's a stretch... <a href="http://www.jewishreviewofbooks.com/publications/detail/bob-dylan-messiah-or-escape-artist">more</a> </p> <p>From pole-dancing to baking cupcakes, modern woman now thinks she can do it all. Charlotte Raven looks back with shame at the moment when her generation turned its back on feminism... <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/mar/06/charlotte-raven-feminism-madonna-price">more</a> </p> http://aldaily.com Mon, 8 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT <p>The successes of Timothy Geithner and his boss are clouded by job losses and anger at Wall Street. Geithner remains unrepentant... <a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/03/timothy-geithner-inside-man/37140">more</a> </p> <p>The half-mad Nina Simone was like an exotic queen of some secret ritual. She also got that diploma from the Curtis Institute, though a little late... <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/05/committed-activist-magical-singer/">more</a> </p> <p>Sandra Bullock is Best Actress. But really, do we need a best actress Oscar? Isn't the whole idea sexist? Denis Dutton says, "Hell, no"... <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-dutton7-2010mar07,0,7134426.story">more</a> </p> http://aldaily.com Sun, 7 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT <p>Ego and humility, talent and chance, hysteria and silent feeling: these polarities are magnified in our actors... <a href="http://theenvelope.latimes.com/la-ca-acting7-2010mar07,0,5742597.story">more</a> </p> <p>Heidegger was undoubtedly a genius. You can tell he was a genius because his philosophy is so hard to grasp... <a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410395">more</a> </p> <p>Thank you for not expressing yourself. We do not have reader comments at Arts & Letters Daily. To see why, consider a few remarks from Theodore Dalrymple... <a href="http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/58706/sec_id/58706">more</a> </p> http://aldaily.com Sat, 6 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT <p>Whether he's right or wrong, the debate Alan Sokal started matters. Philosophers should pay attention to him... <a href="http://www.philosophypress.co.uk/?p=802">more</a> </p> <p>Heidegger was undoubtedly a genius. You can tell he was a genius because his philosophy is so hard to grasp... <a href="http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=410395">more</a> </p> <p>Thank you for not expressing yourself. We do not have reader comments at Arts & Letters Daily. To see why, consider a few remarks from Theodore Dalrymple... <a href="http://www.newenglishreview.org/custpage.cfm/frm/58706/sec_id/58706">more</a> </p> http://aldaily.com Fri, 5 Mar 2010 00:00:00 EDT <p>Disasters have no logic, but the recovery that follows a disaster is deeply political. Chile has democracy. Chile will survive... <a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2246336/pagenum/all/ ">more</a> </p> <p>The history of the Baader-Meinhof Gang is a story of violence, murder, and even, in the end, suicide made to look like murder... <a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100322/gambetta/single">more</a> </p> <p>Isn't it time that the Ten Commandments had a rewrite? Christopher Hitchens thinks so, and he fancies that he is up to the job... <a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/04/hitchens-201004">more</a> </p> http://aldaily.com New material is added to Arts & Letters Daily six days a week. We continually test links for reliability. Despite our best efforts, links may fail (often only temporarily) without warning. We apologize for any inconvenience. Our motto, "Veritas odit moras," is from line 850 of Seneca's version of Oedipus. It means "Truth hates delay." Arts & Letters Daily is a service of The Chronicle of Higher Education.