Intellectual Affairs

Getting from academe to the publishing world isn't easy, but Scott McLemee finds some grad students who just might make it.

By Scott McLemee

Will bringing in an inspirational speaker cure the faculty blues? Scott McLemee describes a skirmish in the culture wars.

By Scott McLemee

Thanks to DNA testing, Sally Hemings is fully part of national history. Scott McLemee considers the work of a scholar who fears the real story will be whitewashed.

By Scott McLemee

Gershon Legman thought sexual repression made for a mean and bitter society. Scott McLemee wonders if the culture automatically gets more pleasant when we let it all hang out.

By Scott McLemee

When dissident intellectuals in Iran appeal to colleagues in the U.S. for solidarity, the silence is often deafening. Scott McLemee interviews an activist trying to change that.

By Scott McLemee

Keeping up with the culture is a full-time job. Scott McLemee talks with a professor who does it 24-7.

By Scott McLemee

An occupying army, an Islamic insurgency, and no end in sight.... Scott McLemee looks at two books ripped from the headlines -- of 50 years ago.

By Scott McLemee

Thank goodness national Get Organized Month is half over. Scott McLemee takes a look at a new book on the uses of disorder.

By Scott McLemee