Our Delight in Destruction We were surprised by Trump because we assumed both humans and history are driven by reason. By COSTICA BRADATAN
Trump’s Method, Our Madness What we’re all experiencing now is somewhat like the confusion an analyst encounters with a psychotic patient. By JOEL WHITEBOOK
What Our Cells Teach Us About a ‘Natural’ Death Our biology may offer a challenge to the common wisdom about the artificial extension of life. By HAIDER JAVED WARRAICH
If We Are Not Just Animals, What Are We? Understanding what bonds us together in the human condition is the job of philosophy, not science. By ROGER SCRUTON
Our Forger in Chief Trump’s attacks on the press and science aim to prevent us from knowing the world as it truly is. By ALEXANDER GEORGE
Humans in Dark Times Eleven thinkers helped us rethink what it might mean to be human in the 21st century. By BRAD EVANS
Trump and the ‘Society of the Spectacle’ Are we merely addicted consumers of the spectacular images the president creates? By ROBERT ZARETSKY
Unraveling Love Stories Crises and breakups can force us to become the authors of our own lives. By GABRIEL ROCKHILL
It’s Black History Month. Look in the Mirror. By surviving, African-Americans became far more American than those who withheld the nation’s founding promise. By GEORGE YANCY
Rethinking Our Patriotism There is no shared American ideal. Clashing visions and political conflict are at the core of our national being. By GARY GUTTING
Can We Live With Contradiction? It’s not clear. But ritual, horror and comedy can help. By ERIC KAPLAN
The Intellectual Life of Violence Resisting violence means knowing many of your efforts will fail. But that doesn’t mean there’s no hope. By BRAD EVANS and RICHARD J. BERNSTEIN
Our New Age of Contempt Insult and mockery is dehumanizing when wielded by the powerful. To resist, the disempowered should reject it, not return it. By KAREN STOHR
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Jews, Be Wary of Trump His pro-Israel overtures are no substitute for an authentic love for the Jewish people. By BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY
The Stories We Tell Ourselves In our echo chambers, we embody the ‘right’ values, but our real lives are more complicated. By TODD MAY
Is Humanism Really Humane? The idea of the “human” has brought us human rights, but it’s not enough to ensure justice. By NATASHA LENNARD and CARY WOLFE
Looking Death in the Face We avoid it, but we can’t separate it from the act of living. By JOHN KAAG and CLANCY MARTIN
Liberal Zionism in the Age of Trump Should Zionist goals be pursued to the point of tolerating anti-Semitism? By OMRI BOEHM
How to Live Without Irony (for Real, This Time) Forwarding a jeering meme to people who agree with you is not political action. By CHRISTY WAMPOLE
Our Delight in Destruction We were surprised by Trump because we assumed both humans and history are driven by reason. By COSTICA BRADATAN
Trump’s Method, Our Madness What we’re all experiencing now is somewhat like the confusion an analyst encounters with a psychotic patient. By JOEL WHITEBOOK
What Our Cells Teach Us About a ‘Natural’ Death Our biology may offer a challenge to the common wisdom about the artificial extension of life. By HAIDER JAVED WARRAICH
If We Are Not Just Animals, What Are We? Understanding what bonds us together in the human condition is the job of philosophy, not science. By ROGER SCRUTON
Our Forger in Chief Trump’s attacks on the press and science aim to prevent us from knowing the world as it truly is. By ALEXANDER GEORGE
Humans in Dark Times Eleven thinkers helped us rethink what it might mean to be human in the 21st century. By BRAD EVANS
Trump and the ‘Society of the Spectacle’ Are we merely addicted consumers of the spectacular images the president creates? By ROBERT ZARETSKY
Unraveling Love Stories Crises and breakups can force us to become the authors of our own lives. By GABRIEL ROCKHILL
It’s Black History Month. Look in the Mirror. By surviving, African-Americans became far more American than those who withheld the nation’s founding promise. By GEORGE YANCY
Rethinking Our Patriotism There is no shared American ideal. Clashing visions and political conflict are at the core of our national being. By GARY GUTTING
Can We Live With Contradiction? It’s not clear. But ritual, horror and comedy can help. By ERIC KAPLAN
The Intellectual Life of Violence Resisting violence means knowing many of your efforts will fail. But that doesn’t mean there’s no hope. By BRAD EVANS and RICHARD J. BERNSTEIN
Our New Age of Contempt Insult and mockery is dehumanizing when wielded by the powerful. To resist, the disempowered should reject it, not return it. By KAREN STOHR
Bernard-Henri Lévy: Jews, Be Wary of Trump His pro-Israel overtures are no substitute for an authentic love for the Jewish people. By BERNARD-HENRI LÉVY
The Stories We Tell Ourselves In our echo chambers, we embody the ‘right’ values, but our real lives are more complicated. By TODD MAY
Is Humanism Really Humane? The idea of the “human” has brought us human rights, but it’s not enough to ensure justice. By NATASHA LENNARD and CARY WOLFE
Looking Death in the Face We avoid it, but we can’t separate it from the act of living. By JOHN KAAG and CLANCY MARTIN
Liberal Zionism in the Age of Trump Should Zionist goals be pursued to the point of tolerating anti-Semitism? By OMRI BOEHM
How to Live Without Irony (for Real, This Time) Forwarding a jeering meme to people who agree with you is not political action. By CHRISTY WAMPOLE