The way universities operate is the decision about what students need for the degree are... is the decision made by the faculty.
Louis MenandI think our sensibility is not modernist anymore, that is, sensibility of people who are interested in art and literature.
Louis MenandI don't really usually push an agenda, and I don't feel that my main job is to persuade people of something. My main job is to help them think about something.
Louis MenandPublic circulation is what renders something a quotation. It's quotable because it's been quoted, and its having been quoted gives it authority.
Louis Menand