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Trials of Socrates

The way we teach law is worse than sexist. It's idiotic.

David Franklin | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, July 31, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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But Is It Art Criticism?

The Stalinist aesthetics of the Weekly Standard.

Franklin Foer | HIGH CONCEPT | Sunday, June 29, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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Nichols and Nora

The two greatest performances of the decade.

Ross Wetzsteon | HIGH CONCEPT | Wednesday, June 11, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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Allen Ginsberg's Secret

What he did with Norman Podhoretz at Columbia.

Paul Berman | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, June 5, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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Pop Cult

What the lack of cultural cultivation can lead us to do.

Edward Rothstein | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, April 24, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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Who Cares If Johnny Can't Read?

The value of books is overstated.

Larissa MacFarquhar | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, April 17, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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Just the Artifacts

A cultural history of cultural histories.

Rick Perlstein | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, March 13, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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Doubting Thomas

What was Jefferson really up to?

David Greenberg | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, Feb. 20, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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Psychotherapy While-U-Wait

Russia's newest fad.

Masha Gessen | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, Jan. 16, 1997, at 3:30 AM

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Oh Henry!

What Henry James didn't do with Oliver Wendell Holmes (or anyone else).

Leon Edel | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, Dec. 19, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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The Prophet Motive

Daniel Bell's take on capitalism, 20 years later.

Rick Perlstein | HIGH CONCEPT | Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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Some Genius

Maybe Leonardo wasn't such a great scientist after all.

Jim Holt | HIGH CONCEPT | Wednesday, Nov. 13, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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Great Awful Books

Literature isn't about bad books, but history frequently is.

Charles Paul Freund | HIGH CONCEPT | Thursday, Oct. 17, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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Stealing Beauty

The joy of reading returns to the classroom.

Alexander Star | HIGH CONCEPT | Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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Quelle Différence?

Biology dooms the Defense of Marriage Act.

David Berreby | HIGH CONCEPT | Wednesday, Sept. 11, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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Beauty's Truth

A defense of scientific elegance.

Jim Holt | HIGH CONCEPT | Wednesday, July 24, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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The Art of Losing

Why forgetting everything that ever appeared on the Web wouldn't be a disaster.

David Berreby | HIGH CONCEPT | Tuesday, July 16, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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Quick Fix

The shrinks who are shrinking psychotherapy.

Larissa MacFarquhar | HIGH CONCEPT | Tuesday, June 25, 1996, at 3:30 AM

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High Concept

The way we teach law is worse than sexist. It's idiotic.

The Stalinist aesthetics of the Weekly Standard.

The two greatest performances of the decade.

What he did with Norman Podhoretz at Columbia.

What the lack of cultural cultivation can lead us to do.

The value of books is overstated.

A cultural history of cultural histories.

What was Jefferson really up to?

Russia's newest fad.

What Henry James didn't do with Oliver Wendell Holmes (or anyone else).

Daniel Bell's take on capitalism, 20 years later.

Maybe Leonardo wasn't such a great scientist after all.

Literature isn't about bad books, but history frequently is.

The joy of reading returns to the classroom.

Biology dooms the Defense of Marriage Act.

A defense of scientific elegance.

Why forgetting everything that ever appeared on the Web wouldn't be a disaster.

The shrinks who are shrinking psychotherapy.

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