A nd new philosophy calls all in doubt . . . ’Tis all in pieces, all coherence gone.” ...

As Liza Libes, a veteran of Literature Humanities, recently wrote, more in sorrow than in anger, “Ovid was sent on a ...

We would invite the senator to ponder the phrase “unalienable rights.” What makes such rights “unalienable” in his view?

Imagine that you are a young man from a loving home and good family, brought up to be well-mannered, always considerate of ...

Currently, Muslims account for about 6.5 percent of Britain’s population. That may seem like a small number. But there are ...

I am a scholar. . . . Few mysteries are impenetrable to the trained mind. I am an historian—my profession largely consists of ...

Hobbes carried his point a little too far. The underlying state of “warre” in human society has never been among isolated ...

D. J. Taylor on “‘Our Little Gang,’” by James King.

Rachel Hadas on translating Greek tragedy.

that as an express and fundamental condition of the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico . . . neither ...

Gary Saul Morson on the Soviet politicization of science.

Like Dickinson, Dodd deals only with essentials and has consistently defied conventional expectations. She came of age as an ...