Articles of Note

The wit and wisdom of the writers of the Algonquin Round Table are legendary. As for the group's larger significance, there isn’t much of one... more »


New Books

A historian’s historian and a scholar prized by a popular audience, Eric Hobsbawm was Zelig-like in his presence at world-historical moments... more »


Essays & Opinions

"Our most elite universities are today running away from their elitism.” But elitism, argues Anthony Kronman, is "something to be cherished and cared for"... more »