The Calculus of Ought
James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky
Quantification is more than merely a means of communication and persuasion in a fragmented culture.
Tell Me About Your Mother
Claire Jarvis
The ideal mother, as countless novelists have known, is a dead one.
Mind the Gap
Matt Dinan
Modernity needs to be revealed to us, because it so successfully hides its true character, insulating itself against revision and correction.
Current Issue
Of Continuing Interest
A selection of articles from the archives
Do Women Exist?
Mary Townsend
We American women do now find ourselves in a bit of an existential predicament with regard to the being-ness of being a woman.
A Word on Behalf of Good Haters
Jeffrie G. Murphy
Since some hatred seems universal among human beings, the emotion probably was once evolutionarily advantageous.
On Frank Speech
Matthew B. Crawford
The role of frank speech in democratic culture is something worth considering, especially in light of the renewed ferment over political correctness.