Article Archive
What’s the Big Idea?
A new book goes a long way in demystifying a truly complex subject: the steps that lead to good ideas.
Is It Too Big to Save?
If you’re only going to read one book on the financial crisis, this should be the one.
The Global University and the Future of Human Capital
The world is a far better place when we embrace the transnational flow of people and ideas, limit the urge to engage in academic protectionism, and expand the reach of the global meritocracy.
The New Philistinism
The New Atheist writers are supremely self-confident in their ability to dispatch opponents with a sarcastic quip or two. And they show no evidence whatsoever of knowing what they are talking about.
Beauty, Art, and Darwin
It is possible that we have a kind of built-in moral resistance to the runaway pathologies now visible in the arts. Where did that resistance come from?
The News of God’s Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated
Two Economist magazine writers weigh in on the global revival of faith.
Are the Kids All Right?
Emory professor Mark Bauerlein takes a dim view of the millennial generation and the digital age.
What Women Want
Megan Basham’s new book paints a troubling and misleading portrait of the choices facing working mothers.
Is Talent Really That Important?
Geoff Colvin argues that ‘deliberate practice,’ not innate ability, is the true key to world-class performance.
Baltimore Confidential
Peter Moskos takes us inside Charm City’s hellish eastern district and explains why some cops hate the drug war.
Understanding American Exceptionalism
An ambitious new book explains how and why the U.S. is so different from other countries around the world.
Still Healthy After All These Years
Is American society prepared for the consequences of increased life expectancy? Robert Butler wants to know.
Chasing the American Dream with $25
A fascinating new memoir challenges the notion that only dramatic government intervention can rescue the working poor.
Meet the Middle-Class Millionaires
A new book profiles the working-rich households who ‘have achieved the American dream the American way.’
The Myths of ‘Energy Independence’
A provocative new book argues that ‘energy independence’ is neither practical nor desirable.
The Reluctant Philanthropist
John D. MacArthur created one of the world’s great charitable foundations almost by accident.
Naples Confidential
A new book takes the reader on a fascinating—and deeply frightening—journey through the Neapolitan underworld, writes GRAEME WOOD.