The current court cases over affirmative action – this time raised about discrimination against Asians at the most selective colleges –...

Recently there has been renewed discussion of Vladimir Nabokov's once scandalous Lolita , thanks to an article in the New York Times by...

May 15, 2010 · As the nation pays not-so-rapt attention to the confirmation hearings for Elena Kagan, how many of you have been thinking...

August 3, 2009 · I had recently begun arguing to my friends that in fact our problem was not that we were involved in too many wars, but...

August 2, 2009 · Many of my friends are of the “Bush was awful and every single thing he ever did was awful” persuasion. And there’s...

July 30, 2009 · http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/business/31pay.html?_r=1&hp Big Banks Paid Billions in Bonuses Amid Wall St. Crisis By...

July 28, 2009 · A blog story ( http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/23/two-states-legalize-guns-in-bars/ ) in the NYT reports that...

July 17, 2009 · Subsidize Viagra to ensure quality of life: Swedish court Published: 10 Jul 09 18:40 CET Arguing that having sex is...