🔍 Critique

• 🍷A Glass at Least Half Full

  Explore how cultures embody optimism through literature and debate whether this outlook is rational or delusional in our latest study review.

• ✊🏾Reconstruction III - W.E.B. Du Bois' Black Reconstruction

  Uncover W.E.B. Du Bois' revolutionary 1935 critique, *Black Reconstruction*, which reframed the post-Civil War era and challenged biased histories.

• 🌌New Directions in Philosophy of Cosmology

  In the wild world of string theory, quantum gravity, and multiple universes, should the standard scientific methodology still apply?

• 🎨Unimportant enough to be criticized

  A reflection on Dave Hickey's "Frivolity and Unction," exploring the idea that the perceived importance of art can hinder genuine appreciation and critique.

• 🌧️Lazy futures

  A critical look at the limitations of dystopian fiction's vision for the future, questioning its lack of hope and action.

• ✍️Articles of good design

  A reflection on the artistry and craftsmanship of hand-lettering from the 1927 _Studio Handbook_ by Samuel Welo, contrasting it with modern design tools.

• ✍️Failed writers

  Remembering Robert Giroux and his insightful exchange with T. S. Eliot on the nature of writers and editors.