Number 26 ~ Fall 2009 - Winter 2010

Essays
The Future of Chemical Weapons
Jonathan B. Tucker on a neglected threat and what to do about it
The Financial Crisis and the Scientific Mindset
Paul J. Cella III on shadow banking and the returns of rationalism
On Bioethics in Public
Gilbert Meilaender reflects on the method and legacy of the President’s Council on Bioethics
Science, the Humanities, and the University
Science and the Decline of the Liberal Arts
Patrick J. Deneen
The Technocratic American University
Ivan Kenneally
Human Dignity and Higher Education
Peter Augustine Lawler
The Soul of the Scientist of Man
Shilo Brooks
The Ivy League Lament
Rita Koganzon
Reviews and Reconsiderations
Darwin’s World of Pain and Wonder
Algis Valiunas on the great scientist’s spiritual torment
Cheap Thrills
Noemie Emery defends the American consumer
The Formation of Character
David Skinner on how we write and who we are
Why We Walk
Jennifer Graf Groneberg on the origins of man and the end of walking
Literature
Nathaniel Hawthorne and the Spirit of Science
The Editors kick off a series on scientific progress and the American literary genius
Wasting the Water of Life
Kevin Laskowski on “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” and the allure of immortality
Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment
Online only: A new critical edition of Hawthorne’s story









