Only one of the pieces included comes from Slate But it is the title essay.

On the present condition of the West: the title essay.

"The most spectacular sunset I ever saw was in New Jersey," he says at the start of the title essay.

The title essay is based on Sowell's thesis about the origins of the "black ghetto" culture.

The title essay begins an argument for an intricate relationship between philosophy and art.

The title essay is about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

In the title essay, the author, a novelist and former astrophysicist, explains how he ended up with a foot in each camp.

In the title essay, she argues that philosophy plays a central role in all human activities.

- phrases that hang over the title essay like clouds of inert gas.

See especially the title essay and "The Case for Patriotism."