NOTA BENE
 

In praise of Dewey
He knew how to protect democracy - not by rote and rules but by growing independent-minded kids. Let us not forget it.

By Nicholas Tampio, aeon [9 8 2016]

When Parks Were Radical
More than 150 years ago, Frederick Law Olmstead changed how Americans think about public space.

By Nathaniel Rich, The Atlantic [10 8 2016]

Friedrich Nietzsche, the conqueror with the iron hand
This review considers the great philosopher’s plan for society as revealed in Nietzsche’s Great Politics by Hugo Drochon.

By Gavin Jacobson, New Statesman [29 7 2016]

Terry Eagleton is still the most formidable critic of populist late-capitalism
REVIEW - New Book 'Culture'

By Melanie McDonagh, New Statesman [8 7 2016]

WHY RECORD STORES MATTERED
This Saturday, Other Music—the tiny, beloved, and outré record shop on East Fourth Street—will cease its retail operations.

By Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker [23 6 2016]