Arts & Letters Daily

There's a disconnect between how the world works and how we perceive it. The result: The more we know, the less we understand... more

Liu Xiaobo is charged by the Chinese government with the "crime of incitement to subvert state power." He has the honor of being guilty... more

Each generation is smarter and more moral than the last. It's a good story, and Steven Pinker tells it well but unpersuasively. Timothy Snyder explains... more