Arts & Letters Daily

James Fetzer is a prolific philosopher of science — and an advocate for some of the strangest and most odious ideas of our time... more »

Drugs and the golden age of glossy magazines. “Plane highs were usually the best,” says one former editor, “especially in first class”... more »

In the early 20th century, Newyorkitis was a disease. Its symptoms? Egotism, pompousness, greed, and “a circumscribed mental horizon"... more »