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Benjamin Winterhalter
Benjamin Winterhalter is JSTOR
Daily
‘s features editor.
Politics & Government
The Madness of John Roberts
The Supreme Court’s pro-choice decision in
June Medical Services v. Russo
illustrates the Chief Justice's embattled relationship with precedent.
Education & Society
3 Women Philosophers of the Enlightenment
They shaped the history of Western philosophical thought. It's past time to recognize their contributions.
Arts & Culture
Walter Benn Michaels: What’s His Deal?
The literary critic Walter Benn Michaels challenges the prevailing trends of postmodernist theory.
Arts & Culture
Franz Kafka’s
The Trial
—It’s Funny Because It’s True
Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they’re not out to get you.
Politics & Government
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Radical Project Isn’t Finished
A fiery advocate against gender discrimination, Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s radicalism reveals itself in her argument for the Equal Rights Amendment.
Quick Question
What’s the Definition of Health?
The WHO’s definition has been the target of criticism in the medical literature since its first appearance in 1948.
Arts & Culture
My Summer of Watching
Little Women
What the author learned from his mother, a feminist academic doing a research project on film adaptations of
Little Women
.
Arts & Culture
The Marketable Misogyny of James Bond
The attitudes reflected in the James Bond franchise are wildly out of touch with social reality.
Education
Stanley Fish’s Academic Clickbait
The “renegade” scholar Stanley Fish is really a bit dramatic.
Education & Society
Don’t Fall in Love on OkCupid
More than a decade into OkCupid's existence, sociologists are finding that its widely touted algorithm doesn’t actually help us find romance.
Arts & Culture
Reopening The X-Files: Is ESP Possible?
"Here I am again, Scully, up late pursuing this obsession with ESP." "It's a fraud, Mulder."
Natural Science
I ❤ Physics: A Love Story
I could not bring myself to accept string theory’s claim, often presented as a scientific fact, that there are exactly 11 dimensions.
Politics & History
Let Panpsychism Expand Your Mind
An examination of panpsychism's history.
Education & Society
Should Sperm Donors Have Visitation Rights?
A lesbian couple from New Jersey now find their most intimate decisions at the center of a precedent-setting appeal about sperm donor visitation rights.
