SPOTLIGHT
Rules of Reciprocity
True empathy might be possible only if we can first get out of our own way
By David Galef Monday, September 14, 2026
SPOTLIGHT
Rules of Reciprocity
True empathy might be possible only if we can first get out of our own way
By David Galef Monday, September 14, 2026
Welcome to the Bioemporium
Brain-dead bodies hold great promise for medical education and research, but how do we calculate the ethical cost?
By Carl Elliott Friday, September 11, 2026
Portals to Eden
The gates on college campuses provide beauty and security, but they can also take on symbolic importance in times of campus tumult
By Blair Kamin Thursday, September 10, 2026
The Two Ladies of Vermont
In 1875, the debate over whether to induct women into Phi Beta Kappa exposed a crack in the foundation of Western education
By Augustine Sedgewick Tuesday, September 8, 2026
“Ithaka” by C. P. Cavafy
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Save the Meramec
On law, literature, and the Indiana bat
By Dennis Drabelle Monday, September 7, 2026
Call It Macaroni
Susan Stryker on her new book, Changing Gender
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, September 4, 2026
Adding Wimsey to My Life
How I fell in love with a fictional detective
By Paula Marantz Cohen Wednesday, September 2, 2026
#SelfExile
On waiting for the political tide to change
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Of Rivers, Lovers, Battles, and Repetitions
By David Lehman Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Suchitra Mattai
Portraits of Colonialism
By Noelani Kirschner Monday, August 20, 2018
Strange Fruit and Stolen Lives
The ugly story of the whitest county in America
By Stephanie Bastek Friday, August 17, 2018
Bernstein on Bach
Learning about counterpoint on network TV
By Sudip Bose Thursday, August 16, 2018
Carpe Diem
In regret of lost time
By Thomas Chatterton Williams Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Dog Days and Dog-Eared Pages
A summer reading list, Scholar-style
By Our Editors Tuesday, August 14, 2018
current issue
Plus: The Phi Beta Kappa Society turns 250, Emily Bernard on her complicated obsession with Carl Van Vechten, Joshua Bodwell loses (part of) a tooth, and much more
Plus: The Phi Beta Kappa Society turns 250, Emily Bernard on her complicated obsession with Carl Van Vechten, Joshua Bodwell loses (part of) a tooth, and much more
The Revolutionary Scholar
Meditations on Phi Beta Kappa and the futures we imagine
By Esther L. Jones Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The Two Ladies of Vermont
In 1875, the debate over whether to induct women into Phi Beta Kappa exposed a crack in the foundation of Western education
By Augustine Sedgewick Tuesday, September 8, 2026
A Life in Stanzas
How Phi Beta Kappa shaped one poet’s beginnings
By Sandra Beasley Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Love the Blood 
Exploring the complexity of a life with Carl Van Vechten, on the centennial of his most notorious work
By Emily Bernard Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Our Energetic World
Life is not an accident but an inevitable result of physical laws
By Rebecca Boyle Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The Revolutionary Scholar
Meditations on Phi Beta Kappa and the futures we imagine
By Esther L. Jones Tuesday, September 8, 2026
The Two Ladies of Vermont
In 1875, the debate over whether to induct women into Phi Beta Kappa exposed a crack in the foundation of Western education
By Augustine Sedgewick Tuesday, September 8, 2026
A Life in Stanzas
How Phi Beta Kappa shaped one poet’s beginnings
By Sandra Beasley Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Love the Blood
Exploring the complexity of a life with Carl Van Vechten, on the centennial of his most notorious work
By Emily Bernard Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Our Energetic World
Life is not an accident but an inevitable result of physical laws