by David Ottlinger There was a time, I remember it distinctly, when I felt that having opinions on the Enlightenment put me very much in
Month: July 2018
Notes on Metaphysics, Language and Religion
by Mark English Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein were diametrically opposed in their respective attitudes to science and religion. They had many other profound disagreements,
How Racism Abroad Exposes Domestic Racism
By Nathan Eckstrand George Yancy’s April 29th article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, “The Ugly Truth About Being a Black Professor in America,” (1)
The Circle of Quality and Expertise
By Daniel A. Kaufman ___ My daughter Victoria just finished two weeks of a classical voice program at NYU. It was her first taste of
Course Notes – Susan Sontag, “In Plato’s Cave,” from On Photography (1977)
by Daniel A. Kaufman http://classes.dma.ucla.edu/Winter17/173/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/document-2.pdf Half of my upper-division course in Aesthetics is devoted to criticism, but given the impossibility of doing any justice to
Balthus, Poirot, Strudel, and Rakka
by Daniel A. Kaufman A beautiful documentary about David Suchet’s remarkable portrayal of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, for 25 years. A thoughtful, articulate essay on