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Changes Coming to In Character...

Charlotte Hays | Posted on 06/28/10

We're migrating to Big Questions Online. Please join us there for lively articles on--well--the big questions in science, religion, economics, and ethics.
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Awe and the Machine

Christine Rosen | Posted on 06/14/10

By the twentieth century, new machines ceased to fill us with wonder.
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The Office: How to Succeed in Business without Really Trampling....

Theodore Roosevelt Malloch | Posted on 05/31/10

"Servant leadership" is a philosophy based on empathy rather than power plays. Guess what? It can be good for the bottom line.
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The Nitty Gritty: Self-Esteem vs. Self-Control

Angela Duckworth | Posted on 05/28/10

Angela Duckworth has done more than anyone else to popularize the term grit. An assistant professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, Duckworth once taught low-income children. She wondered:Is IQ the key factor in predicting success?
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Judy Bachrach's Mutability Canto

Judy Bachrach | Posted on 05/24/10

Do our ideals about virtue change from time to time? A tongue-in-cheek look at the evolution of morals.
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Fat People: Are They Bad?

Rod Dreher | Posted on 05/10/10

Plainly it's untenable to claim that one's obesity does not affect others negatively.
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Humility: Vice or Virtue

Wilfred M. McClay | Posted on 05/04/10

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

Charlotte Hays | 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?
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Not Really Simple

Charlotte Allen | Posted on 04/19/10

Marie Antoinette liked to dress up as a shepherdess and hold court in her "rustic" cottage at the Petit Trianon. So humble.
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The Promethean and Copernican Traditions in Science

Carl Pope | Posted on 04/12/10

The apotheosis of Promethean tradition in science was the atomic bomb, which once again stole the gods' fire for mortal use.
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