Comedian Groucho Marx famously once said that he did not wish to be a member of any club that would accept his membership. Marx' comment, joking aside, highlights a key aspect of the communal ...

There are few works as unsettling as “The Republic.” Not because of its complexity or reputation but because it refuses to let us hide from the hardest questions: What is justice? Is it even possible?

Few philosophers have had the impact of Plato. Born in ancient Greece, this student of Socrates grew to be one of the ...

Sad, beautiful, thwarted, sublime: In quiet evening tones, “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” speaks of a world out ...

A new book offers an unsettling account of human exceptionalism and shows that the unique ways we gamble with risks and move out of our comfort zones may yet be our downfall.

Catcher J.C. Escarra nearly retired from baseball less than two years ago. Now, he has a legitimate shot to make the Yankees' ...