A History Lesson from Alexander Hamilton
The events of January 6 went off script.
The School for Scale
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on January 6, 2021
Image: Portrayal of discussion. Oliver Tacke via Wikimedia Commons.
The problem with scale is that we don’t understand it.
The Fantasy of Self-Forgiveness
Posted on January 4, 2021
Image: Scene from Boris Eifman’s ballet of The Brothers Karamazov (2019).
We need to preserve a distinction between recognizing our transgressions and resolving to change, on one hand, and imagining that we can forgive ourselves, on the other.
Toward a New Universalism
The gap between our concepts of love and justice has served us poorly.
The Paradoxical Relevance of Durkheim to Our Time
by
Alan Jacobs
Posted on December 15, 2020
Image: Bust of Émile Durkheim. Christian Baudelot via Wikimedia Commons.
What in the world does the division of labor have to do with campus protests, the curse or blessing of “wokeness,” or the populist movement centered on Donald Trump?
America Abroad (Again)
by
Nadav Samin
Posted on December 8, 2020
Image: Leaders of Brazil, Australia, Argentina, Germany, China and the United States at the G20 2017 summit, July 7, 2017, Casa Rosada via Wikimedia Commons.
Are we dispensable?