Arts & Letters Daily (21 Jan 2012):
Freud today is disparaged, even condemned. And no wonder: He didn't indulge our taste for self-help platitudes... more
How to invent a religion: Avoid precise terms, like "brain"; use fuzzier words, like "soul." Create a mythology. Sell it hard. That's the L. Ron Hubbard way... more
William Shirer devoted 1,250 pages and 25 years to understanding the Third Reich. He didn't pretend to have all the answers. Some things are inexplicable... more