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Two new books take aim at the moral failures of meritocracy. But we can advocate for a more just society without giving up on merit.
Agnes Callard
Pete Seeger, William F. Buckley, Jr., and public history.
William Hogeland
Philosopher John Rawls on the delights of baseball.
John Rawls
Understanding the Rise of Iran's President
Abbas Milani
Do Prisoners Have a Right to Read What they Want?
Colin Dayan
On Artistic Passion.
Charles Johnson
Philip Rieff’s problem with freedom.
George Scialabba
Where realists and progressives can meet.
Anatol Lieven
The Catholic roots of American Liberalism.
Lew Daly
Is morality a natural phenomenon?
Alex Byrne
Toward a new development economics.
Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee
Can the netroots reshape American democracy?
Henry Farrell
What can we learn from the wild child?
Rebecca Saxe
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