Conventional “charismatic” speech, in service of the Zeitgeist
Richard Stivers on how the rhetoric of democracy invites tyranny
Modernity’s fateful encounter with weird, wayward sisters
Richard Weaver describes the cultural consequences of a decisive metaphysical mistake
Digital equality and the untuning of the world
Lee Siegel analyzes how web-based pursuits of unique identity is so unbounded that personal definition becomes impossible.