The Highbrow Post

Hi All,

Since I know that this might be considered the 'highbrow post', I wanted to make it short and sweet.

Arts & Letters Daily (from the Chronicle of Higher Education) can be found by clicking on this link.

What is it you ask? Indeed, good question. As the masthead of the website proclaims, 'philosophy, aesthetics, literature, language, ideas, criticism, culture, history, music, art, trends, breakthroughs, disputes, gossip' - it is all here on the site.

Basically it is lots of current events and news on a very, very wide variety of topics.

ALD is set up to read like a traditional newspaper - hence the section on 'Articles of Note', 'New Books', and 'Essays and Opinion'. There are also many links to other world famous newspapers and magazines like American Heritage, American Journal Review, Atlantic Monthly, First Things, Foreign Affairs, History Today, The Humanist, National Journal, National Review, New York Times, Newsweek, Der Spiegel, Utne Reader, WSJ Opinion and many more.

If you are looking for a website that covers the world of ideas, thought and commentary, then this site is for you! Note that there is no overriding bias to the site. Conservatives, liberals and centerists alike can find something to like and dislike on the site.

Finally, if you are looking for a website that is graphics intensive (think lots of pictures) you have come to the wrong site. ALD has - for the most part - very few pictures. Much of the site is text, text, and more text. If you are looking for words and ideas then you've come to the right place!

Enjoy!

Stu

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