Articles of Note

Eighty percent of pre-1930 American films, on fragile film stock, are lost. Now think about this: Who is preserving software for posterity?... more »

New Books

Aristotle thought it witless. St. Augustine called it a disease. Only in the 1600s did society start to tolerate curiosity... more »

Essays & Opinions

Roger Straus and Robert Giroux ? 'the Jewish prep-school jock and the Jersey City Jesuit?? were nothing alike. That allowed their publishing partnership to work. Until it didn't... more »