Arts & Humanities

Why traditional humanistic education is worth fighting for

On a broad canvas, Jed Perl finds figures in the shadows

A young cartoonist draws inspiration from high school

The Great Throwdini fills his audience with the adrenaline of anxiety and dread

In a new show of experimental theater called Gravid Water, actors and improvisers meet onstage to perform a series of unrehearsed scenes

No one knows the streets of New York like John Tauranac

Few are aware that Norman Podhoretz's intellectual life began well before 1960

A Columbia archive helps history find a voice

Supporters and critics agree that the United Nations needs an overhaul. Six Columbia insiders assess the damage and tell us where repairs should begin

Thirty-five years after his death, the prolific author is still leaving his sometimes mordant mark