Modernity is the ensemble of changes - intellectual, political, economic, social, cultural, technological, aesthetic - that have altered the world dr….

The more powerful a person or institution is, the more transparent - open to public inspection or oversight - its activities should be. The less powe….

What is enthralling and illuminating about The Metaphysical Club is its portraits of individuals and their milieus. Menand is wonderfully deft at evo….

When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail; and when you're a left-wing sorehead, everything is an occasion to damn the rich..

The quality of leaders matters less than the quality of citizens..

Perhaps imagination is only intelligence having fun..