How to be an emperor. Often portrayed as hedonistic dilettantes or paper-pushing bureaucrats, the rulers of ancient Rome were in reality something else... more »
The first modern philosopher. Kierkegaard's "massive oeuvre can be read as one long, compulsive, maddening attempt to understand who he was"... more »
We are witnessing a shift in how we think about free speech. Stanley Fish is an intellectual godfather of this moment... more »