Off the Shelf

Painting with Monet, birding with Thoreau, and other recent books

The Conservative

New York Times columnist Ross Douthat’s journey through American decadence and upheaval

by Lydialyle Gibson

Lorenzo Tañada

Brief life of a Philippine patriot: 1898-1992

by Christopher Capozzola

Off the Ice, Onto the Screen

Bill Keenan ’09 brings his first book onto the screen. 

by Gary Santaniello

Active Grandparenting, Costly Repair

A biological anthropologist explains why and how exercise works to combat senescence.

by Daniel E. Lieberman

Near and Distant Objectives

Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman’s constitutionalism is a branch of the humanities.

by Lincoln Caplan

An Education Agenda

Derek Bok on curriculum reform

“A Kind of Justice in the World”

Ian K. Smith’s turn toward detective fiction

by Lydialyle Gibson

Chapter & Verse

A correspondence corner for not-so-famous lost words

The Fire in “A Burning”

Megha Majumdar’s novel of India resonates in the United States.

by Lydialyle Gibson

No One Deserves a Spot at Harvard

Michael Sandel makes the case against meritocracy.

by Spencer Lee Lenfield