Teach the Conflicts
It’s natural—and right—to foster
disagreement in the classroom
A Terrifying Delight
Following Robert Frost into the depths
Teach What You Love
A modest proposal for professors of literature
Intimations of Fascism
The problem with hating the haters
The Doctor’s Discontents
A harshly critical new biography of the father of psychotherapy
Violence in Charlottesville
What I saw firsthand, and what it meant
Off to See the Wizard
Finding the virtues of Homer, Plato, and Jesus in Technicolor Oz
Test of Faith
The Roman Catholic Church may forgive us our sins—but can it be forgiven for its own?
Enough Already
What I’d really like to tell the bores in my life
Alone at the Movies
My days in the dark with Robert Altman and Woody Allen
