Articles of Note

When humanities professors wade into legal debates, things go south quickly. Consider, for instance, their argument that “originalism is dumb”... more »

New Books

Gogol was strange, but consider his parents: His father was a sort of court jester; his mother thought her son invented the steamboat and the railroad... more »

Essays & Opinions

Amis, Barnes, Rushdie, McEwan — the British baby boomers sink toward senescence with a wave of nostalgic, self-indulgent prose... more »