The New Privacy
Constant surveillance by an impersonal power preserves a modern society more autonomous and secretive than any that came before.
The Dispensible Nation
Allowing politics to drive strategy confuses the nation’s passions with its interests. A return to principles is in order.
The New Digital Age
As they explore the potential of new technologies to change and shape our world, the authors of The Digital Age fail to consider how personhood will shape and be shaped by these changes.
The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography
Jacobs' work illustrates the Book of Common Prayer's ever-evolving role in global Christianity against a variety of historical backdrops.
The Great Agnostic
Susan Jacoby’s new biography of Robert Ingersoll is a missed opportunity, regurgitating tired, over-stated New Atheist talking points.
Opening Remarks
This issue is called “Self and Other,” and one of the principles behind it is that our self is bound up with the selfhood of others.
Wrongful
My interview with former death row inmate Ndume Olatsushani shook my faith in our justice system. But I found that my own attitude represented a larger problem.