Why You Should Read “The Worst Books”

Why You Should Read “The Worst Books”

By Susan McWilliams | It’s great that you love the Great Books. But now it’s time to read some bad books. And I don’t mean just any bad books. I mean the Big Bad Books. I mean the Worst Books: the books that you’re convinced are the undoers of civilization, the...
Life During the Time of the Big University

Life During the Time of the Big University

By David Brooks | Many American universities were founded as religious institutions, explicitly designed to cultivate their students’ spiritual and moral natures. But over the course of the 20th century they became officially or effectively secular. Religious rituals...
7 Gun Control Myths That Just Won’t Die

7 Gun Control Myths That Just Won’t Die

By Sean Davis | The debate over gun control and gun rights would be more productive if both sides focused on the facts instead of pushing myths about America’s gun laws. After every shooting, politicians and activists rush to the cameras or their keyboards to...