June 10, 2014
Understanding Heidegger on Technology
Mark Blitz on what we can learn from the controversial German philosopher
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June 10, 2014
The Genius and Faith of Faraday and Maxwell
The religious commitments of the great scientists are often dismissed as vestiges of more superstitious times. Ian H....
June 10, 2014
Who Needs a Liberal Education?
Do universities really need more general education requirements? The liberal arts are neither attractive to nor...
June 10, 2014
Machine Grading and Moral Learning
A recent proposal to have computers start grading college essays raises deeper questions about the purpose of...
June 10, 2014
When Technology Ceases to Amaze
Our everyday lives are mediated by more magical-seeming technologies than ever before, but they fail to evoke a sense...
January 17, 2014
Me, My Genome, and 23andMe
The FDA put the kibosh on 23andMe’s diagnostic services — but not before geneticist Austin L. Hughes became a...
January 17, 2014
Why and How We Should Break OPEC Now
The effects of the U.S. energy boom will be neither as great nor as lasting as might be expected from all the attention...
January 17, 2014
Scientism in the Arts and Humanities
Roger Scruton on why art is more than matter and meme
January 17, 2014
Tocqueville on Technology
Critics say that Alexis de Tocqueville failed to notice the importance of technology in young America. But Benjamin...
December 17, 2013
Brave New World, Plato’s Republic, and Our Scientific Regime
Matthew J. Franck compares the utopian visions of Huxley and Plato