Is the Nazareth inscription the oldest artifact of Christianity? A mysterious document and an eccentric scholar hold the clues. | Continue reading
Robert Zaretsky contemplates “How to Be Free: An Ancient Guide to the Stoic Life,” a selection of Epictetus’s thought translated by A. A. Long. | Continue reading
Harper Simon asks Jaron Lanier about his latest book, “Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now.” | Continue reading
Alyssa Loh explores a critique of the attention economy from ex-Google strategist James Williams. | Continue reading
Ron Rosenbaum on what the media can learn from the prescient "Munich Post." | Continue reading
Colin Marshall examines English speakers’ relationship to the French language, which is the subject of a growing number of books. | Continue reading
The intellectual superstars of the Trump era are not as new as they fancy themselves. | Continue reading
A new book on the poetics of soccer as lived experience. | Continue reading
Bruno Latour elaborates upon Gaia, a political biological theory concerning the Earth by James Lovelock. | Continue reading
Eric Gade reviews “Surveillance Valley,” about military funding and surveillance use in the early years of the internet. | Continue reading
Most corporate jobs exist not to create anything meaningful but to go through expected rituals. And most people know this instinctually. | Continue reading
Justin Tyler Clark reads the funny, frightening "Live Work Work Work Die." | Continue reading
When the music of Vivaldi and Mozart are used to repel the homeless from sidewalks and Burger Kings, does it still glorify the dignity of humanity? | Continue reading
Much of "The Ashtray" is witty, ebullient, and generous. Errol Morris shares his wide range of interests, and his enthusiasm for philosophy is infectious. | Continue reading
When the music of Vivaldi and Mozart are used to repel the homeless from sidewalks and Burger Kings, does it still glorify the dignity of humanity? | Continue reading
Jacob Mikanowski traces the silver thread of Islam in the tapestry of Eastern European culture. | Continue reading
On the cynical libertarianism of our high-tech Horatio Algers. | Continue reading
The platform confuses capital-flow and social form, rearranging the relationship of profit to community and intelligence to organization. | Continue reading
Elena Conis considers “Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science” by Carey Gillam. | Continue reading