Music Snobbery and the Case for Pop
By Lily Hu
The HPR's first symposium of Café B&A studies the ideas and objectivity of Steven Pinker in his new book.
By Michael Cotter, Joshua Lipson, and Caitlin Pendleton
Editor's Picks
The Resexification of War?
Grave of the Fireflies and Apocalypse Now showed malnourished toddlers and heads on stakes; Call of Duty shows badass special ops troopers shooting terrorists and riding snowmobiles.
By Ethan Loewi
Act of Valor and the Limits of Elitism
Even in the military, there are glimmers of the hubris and self-confidence that elite institutions can breed—especially in deep secrecy.
By Jonathan Yip
From the Magazine
Obama’s Other Balancing Act
The Persistence of the Color Line: Racial Politics and the Obama Presidency by Randall Kennedy
By Galila Gray
New Atheism: Missing the Point
There are difficult and complex parts of the human experience that neither science nor even the most basic comforts can address.
Wild Swans: A Portrait of a Decade-Long Revolution
The narratives of "Wild Swans" explain how the Revolution has shaped China's culture.
Joshua Rubenstein on Trotsky’s Revolutionary Life
"Trotsky’s logic had been, with the revolution, everything is possible."
The Reading Revolution and Why We Shouldn’t Be Afraid of It
What e-readers have to offer to the reading experience
The Resexification of War?
Grave of the Fireflies and Apocalypse Now showed malnourished toddlers and heads on stakes; Call of Duty shows badass special ops troopers shooting terrorists and riding snowmobiles.
Act of Valor and the Limits of Elitism
Even in the military, there are glimmers of the hubris and self-confidence that elite institutions can breed—especially in deep secrecy.
Spring Reads & Flicks: Fresh Takes on the New and Old
HPR culture writers share a sampling of insights on Russian literature, high school party movies, and more.
The Better Angels of Our Nature
The HPR's first symposium of Café B&A studies the ideas and objectivity of Steven Pinker in his new book.
Once Upon a Car
The HPR reviews "Once Upon a Car: The Fall and Resurrection of America’s Big Three Auto Makers" by Bill Vlasic.
A Nation Divided
"Our Patchwork Nation: The Surprising Truth About the 'Real' America" by Dante Chinni and James Gimpel
