India Knows How to React to a Horrific Crime: With Angry Protests
JAIPUR, INDIA — A horrific, sadistic crime against the vulnerable shocks a nation. Television stations cover the story 24/7 and newspaper headlines are in bold caps. People talk about little else and all agree this can’t be allowed to happen again. READ MORE >>
Blame it on the Reformation
The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized SocietyBy Brad S. Gregory (Harvard University Press, 574 pp., $39.95) I. THERE ARE ONLY so many ways of telling a story. Scan world literature and you discover a surprisingly small stock of narrative styles; narrow your search to historical writing and you find only a handful. READ MORE >>
Reading Strauss in Beijing
The Pleasures of Reaction
They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons By Jacob Heilbrunn (Doubleday, 320 pp., $26) READ MORE >>
