Charlotte Hays

In Character has moved...

Posted on 07/22/10

We’ve migrated to Big Questions Online. Please join us there for lively articles on--well--the big questions in science, religion, economics, and ethics.

Does He Feel Our Pain?

Posted on 06/22/10

A leading scholar on the virtue of compassion argues that the president does feel our pain. But in an intellectual and disciplined manner. We invite readers to join the discussion.

Stoicism Is Just So Yesterday

Posted on 06/14/10

A new biography of Marcus Aurelius finds the great thinker's philosophy no fun at all. But a good dose of stoicism might be just what we need.

Eschewing the Fat

Posted on 05/10/10

Urban Hermit Sam MacDonald lived on lentils and tuna. His friends told him it was a bad plan. You decide.

Humility: Vice or Virtue

Posted on 05/04/10

The mighty god of "self-esteem" sometimes seems to have replaced humility.

A Gentleman First

Posted on 04/27/10

"You may not all be scholars, but you can all be gentlemen." Can you imagine what would happen if a modern teacher said that to ambitious students?

Keeping Up with the Joneses. Or Not.

Posted on 04/26/10

Many critics have seen Derrick Borte's new movie The Joneses as a critique of consumer society. Emily Colette Wilkinson says it's really about American imposters.

Theodore Dalrymple's new book explores malaise European-style.

Posted on 04/21/10

"It is strange," Dalrymple notes, "that Europe should be the sick man of Europe. In many ways, things have never been better on the old continent."

David Brooks on the "boardroom lion" versus the "humble hound"

Posted on 04/12/10

Even if New York Times columnist David Brooks had not cited In Character, I would be recommending that you read his excellent and counterintuitive column on humility and business leadership.

Food for Thought

Posted on 04/05/10

People who grow their own dinner often talk about self-sufficiency. But there is much more to the homesteading movement than that.

Articles by Charlotte Hays