Canadian philosopher Charles Taylor says we're now living in "a secular age," but we're still trying to figure out what a post-religious world looks like, and how we can find meaning in a culture without any over-arching purpose.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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David Carradine kept a diary during the production which has just been published under the title “The Kill Bill Diary."
Novelist Dennis McFarland deals with the consequences of violence in his book “Singing Boy.” McFarland talks about the effects of grief on the deceased’s survivors.
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What if Crack Babies were a myth?
To see the NYTimes video on Crack Babies click here.
Sarah Bakewell recommends "The Pillow Book" by Sei Shonagon (translated by Ivan Morris).
Princeton historian Anthony Grafton explains how learning conversational Latin inspired his students.
National Book Award winner Andrea Barrett writes some of the most beautiful fiction we know about scientists. The stories in her new collection, "Archangel" explore the history of knowledge through five linked characters. After reading it, we're awfully glad she gave up biology to write fiction.
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