GeneralHow not to defend the liberal artsSpend long enough studying philosophy, and eventually someone -- most likely a member of your family -- is going to ask, "what are...
GeneralCall no man happy until he is deadI’ve been thinking about luck recently, especially that species of chance that philosophers call "moral luck". This is the idea...
GeneralMusic: Heaven and HellOne of the all-time great voices in rock, Ronnie James Dio, died yesterday, of stomach cancer at age 67. A lot of bands came...
GeneralRole ReversalRemember back in the days when the differences between Alexander Ovechkin and Sidney Crosby were as clear as the differences...
GeneralSecond thoughts on AfghanistanThe upshot is that the Dutch appear to be having a lively national debate about this, which must be refreshing
GeneralThe Authentic and the Absurd: The case of BanksyAndrew Potter on new Banksy film, Exit Through the Gift Shop
GeneralIn defence of Gordon Brown’s so-called gaffeAt one time, grumpy and misanthropic was close to a job description for British PMs: Thatcher and Churchill were cheerful?
GeneralLogrolling in our time: Philosophy edition1. Arthur Ripstein of the University of Toronto philosophy dept. has been nominated for the CPSA Macpherson prize, for his book...
GeneralWhy is our legislature so weak?In the wake of the recent parliamentary-supremacy muscle-flexing, there has been some good discussion over the more general (and...