‘At the edge of political crisis’

Poet, dramatist, translator and literary theorist John Dryden was a central figure in the politics and culture of Restoration England. In a new survey for Oxford University Press, Arts & Sciences’ Steven Zwicker provides an authoritative overview of Dryden’s influential career.

Hack your mind (and the rest will follow)

As in every election, people are trying to influence your vote. For all their benefits, computers, even un-hacked computers, provide the unscrupulous with powerful tools for spreading deceitful and malignant messages — messages intended to disorient rather than inform the electorate, writes Ning Zhang
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