Number 28 ~ Summer 2010
Essays
Getting Over the Code Delusion
Steve Talbott on epigenetics and the demise of DNA as destiny
How Can I Possibly Be Free?
Raymond Tallis on the neuroscientific case against free will, and why it’s wrong
Hiding Behind the Screen
Roger Scruton on the risks of friendship and the costs of shirking them
Environmentalism as Religion
Joel Garreau on energy sinners and carbon Calvinism
Churchill on Science and Civilization
Justin D. Lyons on politics and the humanities, war and peace, in the age of science
Reviews and Reconsiderations
The Science of Self-Help
Algis Valiunas on goofy advice, dubious wisdom, and neuro-gurus
Disenchanting Determinism
Caitrin Nicol reviews novels by Richard Powers and Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Hawthorne Series
From Hearth-Fires to Hell-Fires
Diana Schaub reads three tales on the flames of progress
Ethan Brand
Online only: A new critical edition of Hawthorne’s story
Earth’s Holocaust
Online only: A new critical edition of Hawthorne’s story
Fire Worship
Online only: A new critical edition of Hawthorne’s story
