Articles of Note

For rationalists, nothing should interfere with apprehending the world as it is. So why are they turning to religion, ritual, and all things woo?... more »


New Books

For more than 20 years, J.C. presided over the back page of the TLS with wit, weirdness, and waspish provocation... more »


Essays & Opinions

Sontag on women. Their oppression, she came to believe, presents a problem that is aesthetic and narrative problem as well as political and economic.... more »