Nathan Schneider

Much of Steve Fuller’s new book is just a strong way of saying what is entirely uncontroversial among historians of science, even if easily forgotten by most everyone else.

The story told by Agora is supposed to stand as a beacon—like the lighthouse that towered over Hypatia’s Alexandria—of the danger that religious passions pose to all that is wise and tolerant about the human spirit.

Did Williamsburg’s Hasidic community have Mayor Bloomberg close a major bike lane simply because they were offended by the immodestly clothed hipsters biking through their neighborhood, as most of the press has reported? Was a topless protest the best way to respond?