Recent Articles
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The Choice-Driven Life of Sheena Iyengar
A psychologist who studies how too many options can be overwhelming suddenly has some new ones of her own. By Evan R. Goldstein.
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See Jane Bite
The author of "Pride and Prejudice" bares her fangs in new occult spinoffs. Amy Leal considers just how this unlikely course of events came about.
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A Plea for Real Debate in Academe
Can't we improve the barren dialogue between conservative and liberal scholars? asks Robert Maranto.
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Obama Should Take a Cue From FDR
Roosevelt knew that his most influential allies weren't Washington's movers and shakers, but rather the voters themselves, writes Nicolaus Mills.
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Wisdom as Secret Learning Objective
It's the most profound goal of a liberal-arts education, writes Darryl Campbell, but academics can't say that out loud.
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Nota Bene: Diane Ravitch's Turnabout
In a new book, the education theorist says she was mistaken to have been so enthusiastic about "testing, accountability, choice, and markets." By David Glenn.
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Philosophers Rip Darwin
Yet another cadre goes after the old English naturalist. But these critics, like many before them, are deluded, says Michael Ruse.
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On Going Viral at the (Virtual) MLA
Brian Croxall's paper was a smash hit because it touched a nerve in academe.
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Economics Is on the Verge of a Golden Age
... despite what you may have heard, writes Diane Coyle.
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Literature for Real
Nonfiction emits a whiff of the déclassé on the literary menu, served with a garnish of condescension. Two zesty new books rewrite the bill of fare.
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New Reality's Old Realities
Steven G. Kellman offers an alternative view of one of those books: David Shields’s Reality Hunger.
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Finding Jesus at College
He's not where you would expect, writes Edward Dutton.
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Skim This Article (or Just Skip It)
Just pretend you read it, advises Robert J. Cabin. We're all very busy.
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Nota Bene: Film Matters
Nina C. Ayoub writes about a peer-reviewed journal of undergraduate writing on film; and a book on cinematic depictions of virginity.
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Portfolio: Women Home From War
Female combat veterans on their life-changing experiences.
