David V. Johnson

The Tech-University Complex

On April 26 at the Honors Convocation at San Jose State University, President Mohammad Qayoumi

David V. Johnson

Global Justice, Philosophy & Religion

Lives of the Moral Saints

An Interview with Larissa MacFarquhar on extreme moral virtue.

David V. Johnson

Philosophy & Religion, Politics

Making Elections Fairer

Anxieties over the fairness of our elections have only risen since the chad-plagued 2000 contest

David V. Johnson

War & Security

Fighting over the Same Ground

For critical reportage on our grand adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan, Rajiv Chandrasekaran has no

David V. Johnson

Literature & Culture

Fareed Zakaria and the Failure of Thought Leadership

Fareed Zakaria—host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, editor-at-large for TIME, and columnist for the Washington Post—was recently implicated in a plagiarism scandal.

David V. Johnson

Politics

Sizing Up the Race

To get a better sense of how the November election is shaping up, I recently spoke to BR contributing editor and Harvard political scientist Stephen Ansolabehere.

David V. Johnson, Stephen Ansolabehere

Global Justice, Literature & Culture

The New Religious Intolerance

In her new book, The New Religious Intolerance: Overcoming the Politics of Fear in an Anxious Age, Martha Nussbaum extends her distinguished body of work on liberalism, education, literature, and the emotions by turning to the growing anti-Muslim agitations in Europe and the United States.

David V. Johnson

Literature & Culture

Men’s Tennis Is More Interesting Than Women’s

Last week, while bowing out of Wimbledon early, the world’s thirteenth-ranked men’s tennis player, Gilles Simon, reignited a perennial controversy by questioning whether female players should be paid as much prize money as the men.

David V. Johnson

Global Justice, Law & Justice

‘Obamacare’ Is Constitutional, But ...

Web Editor David Johnson spoke with BR legal columnist Pam Karlan today by phone right after she read the Supreme Court’s historic 5-4 decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act.

David V. Johnson, Pamela S. Karlan

Global Justice, Law & Justice

A Court of Her Own

Nearly two years into her tenure as chief justice of Karlan’s Court, our legal columnist Pam

Pamela S. Karlan, David V. Johnson

Class & Inequality, Literature & Culture

Capitalism and the Urban Struggle

An Interview with David Harvey

David Harvey, David V. Johnson

Class & Inequality, Science & Nature

That’s Not Really Destroying America

An interview with Fischer about his new BR column.

Claude S. Fischer, David V. Johnson