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Obama the Professor?

Considering Bush’s decision-making style, and what many perceived as a reckless, ham-fisted approach to policy, it’s no wonder that the press is scrutinizing Obama’s style very closely. ...

6 Nov 2008

Gay Marriage Ban Too Close

Proposition 8 still hangs in the balance. Perhaps a more intriguing question: what happens if it passes? Or if it fails? I don’t expect this to end any time soon, and this shows the real allure that...

5 Nov 2008

Recipe from the Early-Modern French Kitchen: Monkfish

Recipe from the Early-Modern French Kitchen If you’re like me, tonight you’ll be parked in front of your TV with your friends, some take-out and a drink. Once this madness dies down, get back...

Susan Pinkard | 4 Nov 2008

I Voted!

My first experience voting in NYC was full of pleasant people. Lots of pleasant people. But don’t take my word for it; read the New York Times’ description of voting lines in my neighborhood...

4 Nov 2008

The Mind of Jihad in the New York Post

“I know of no other book so valuable in helping us grasp the nature of our enemies.” Kind words from “Looking for Trouble” author and New York Post reviewer Ralph Peters for Cambridge...

3 Nov 2008

Looking Ahead by Looking Back

Through the lens of Colin Shindler’s A History of Modern Israel, Asaf Romirowsky examines the ideology of Israeli leadership, past and present. From The Jerusalem Post One of the greatest myths in...

3 Nov 2008

What to Read on Halloween?

I’m sorry to say, but our Records of the Salem Witch Trials (yes, ALL of the legal documents!) won’t be out for a couple more months. It’s a big book, but done right. We do, however,...

31 Oct 2008

A Place for “Ruthful”

Ruth Wajnryb is WORDS columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. Her new book, You Know What I Mean? plumbs the depths of language, and the shifty, slippery meanings of our words. Here, a meditation on her...

Ruth Wajnryb | 30 Oct 2008

Truth, Symmetry, and Quantum Computers

If the real world, at its base, is quantum, then should we not think with quantum logic? Shahn Majid discusses how the notion of quantum symmetry coming out of modern ideas on space and time could provide...

Shahn Majid | 29 Oct 2008

Commentary Reviews After Bush

Writing for Commentary, Joshua Muravchik reviewed Tim Lynch and Rob Singh’s After Bush in this month’s issue. The End of the Beginning After Bush: The Case for Continuity in American Foreign...

28 Oct 2008

David Friedman on Marketplace of Ideas

Future Imperfect author David Friedman was recently interviewed on KCSB Santa Barbara’s The Marketplace of Ideas. Have a listen! Lew McCreary, writing for Harvard Business review, recently commented...

27 Oct 2008

Loads of Author Events

We have several busy authors speaking at events this week. Will you be in NY or DC? Give your brain the attention it deserves and stop by! Marci Hamilton – author of Justice Denied: What America...

27 Oct 2008