Numbers Game
The problems of solutions
By Owen Gingerich Monday, June 9, 2014
Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World By Amir Alexander
Dangerous Liaison
A CIA officer’s many faces
By Steven Simon Monday, June 9, 2014
The Good Spy: The Life and Death of Robert Ames By Kai Bird
On Visitors
When the Bachelor Girl and the Red Death come calling, are they mirrors for our eccentricities?
By Ann Beattie Monday, June 9, 2014
Proust Goes to the Country Club
At a largely forgettable class reunion, remembrances of things past
By Willard Spiegelman Monday, June 9, 2014
We, Not Me
A writer feels our pain
By Gary Greenberg Monday, June 9, 2014
The Empathy Exams By Leslie Jamison
Two Philosophers
What would Kierkegaard and Hegel do about the crises of our day?
By David Lehman Monday, June 9, 2014
Man of the World
Well-traveled and erudite, John Quincy Adams sometimes had trouble appealing to his countrymen
By Annette Gordon-Reed Monday, June 9, 2014
John Quincy Adams: American Visionary By Fred Kaplan
The Fear Factor
Long-held predictions of economic chaos as baby boomers grow old are based on formulas that are just plain wrong
By Lincoln Caplan Monday, June 9, 2014
The Skeptic
A critic’s cranky charm
By Steve Lagerfeld Monday, June 9, 2014
A Literary Education and Other Essays By Joseph Epstein
Inside the Box
How we became pod people
By M. G. Lord Monday, June 9, 2014
Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace By Nikil Saval
4 Popes, 4 Saints, One New Guy
Perhaps you’ve heard the news from Rome. But what does it really have to do with the man from Assisi?
By Ingrid D. Rowland Monday, June 9, 2014
