Superiority Complex

We have democratized elitism in this country. Now everybody can be a snob

‘Know thyself,’ the Greek sage advised, but it’s nonsense. ‘Overrate thyself’ would be more like today’s motto: live in the warm glow of self-esteem.

A Bookworm's Battle

Eric Eldred is taking on the federal government in a U.S. Supreme Court showdown that pits him, scholars, and library groups against the nation's largest media companies in a challenge of the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act. Eldred envisions a society in which literacy and democracy are advanced through the online dissemination and discussion of great literature.