“Why Nature & Nurture Won’t Go Away” by Steven Pinker, in Daedalus (Fall 2004), Norton’s Woods, 136 Irving St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
Sixty years after the Allies’ bombing of Dresden enveloped the city in flames, controversy persists over whether the attack was militarily justified or morally indefensible. But another question, no less crucial, is seldom asked: Did wartime conditions allow military leaders to look away as they violated their own principles?
John Lukacs examines why "liberal" has become such a dirty word.
The Booker Prize--still one of Britain's premier literary awards--is increasingly coming under scrutiny, and suffering a bit under the attention.
Many African nations, by necessity, import food to feed their populations, but more could be done to promote home-grown products.
Nuclear proliferation remains a threat, despite global efforts to prevent or preempt.
David J. Garrow reviews an "impressively intelligent book" that takes a harsh look at recent scandals of scholarship.
The 1996 federal reform of welfare was supposed to reduce dependency on government benefits, but that may not be happening.
Architects divide into "rads" and "trads" but no one seems to be building for the here and now.