On Truth and Beauty
Why art and science serve different ends.
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The Line Dividing Good and Evil
What we can learn from the moral and literary failings of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and James Baldwin.
Liberalism as the Shining City on a Hill
Why we all need to read Benny Morris.
The Totalitarian Artist: Politics vs Beauty
After Duchamp, the art world came to view the pursuit of beauty as naïve and gravitated toward political art in their search for meaning. But this is a Faustian bargain: you can have meaning, but you do not get to make it for yourself.
The Religious Instinct in a Godless World
The religious urge is born into nearly every child. And when we do not inherit a belief system, we build our own temples.
Where Do Works of Art Belong?
An Artist's Response to James Kierstead’s “The Elgin Marbles: Playing for Keeps"
The Optimistic Space Between Black and White
Reflecting on "The Case for Black Optimism" by Coleman Hughes
Experiments in Nurturing Classroom Curiosity
In a classroom, curiosity should be sacred, because it motivates the pursuit of knowledge even when that includes ugly truths.