Pericles in Waveland
We need romantic amplitude of experience lest life become nothing more than King Lear and the Yankees winning all the time.
Will Trump Cure the Great (White) Depression?
For the moment, according to Thomas Edsall, the former sufferers of what might be called the Great White Depression are feeling "elated." What might this mean?
After the Know-Nothings
Hope for our troubled times.
An Academic Haven Under Fire
The Humanities Center at Johns Hopkins is under threat.
The Election Everyone Lost
We have to give ourselves—individually and collectively—to the work of re-imagining the meaning of our nation.
Where Now, America?
My family worked hard to join a nation that would respect us. We became Americans. We loved American traditions. But today, we feel lost.