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The High and the Low
The late Lawrence W. Levine tried to open the American mind. Scott McLemee hopes for a cease-fire in the culture wars.
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Not Just For Java
Academic publishers are bringing out coffee table books. Scott McLemee takes a look at some recent titles.
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Defiance!
Is Google a menace to humanity, or at least to Europe? Scott McLemee searches for the answer.
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War Thoughts at Home
A graduate student has discovered a previously unknown poem by Robert Frost. Scott McLemee takes a passing glimpse.
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A Liberal Dose of Reason
Is Michael Bérubé a profiteer in the culture wars? Scott McLemee looks at his blog and his new books and the author discusses them in a podcast.
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Liberty, Equality ... Diversity?
A new book by Walter Benn Michaels describes multiculturalism as bolstering economic injustice. Scott McLemee mans the barricades.