Readings

In Praise of the Marshmallow Middle

In politics as in business, mediocrity is the order of the day—William H. Gass's Middle C reminds us. But can you blame people for keeping their heads down? Yes, but only eventually.

||Walter Scott
The Internet is Under Attack: Ron Deibert on the Closed-Down Web

The Citizen Lab director speaks with Wired columnist and New York Times Magazine contributing writer Clive Thompson about cybercrime, online surveillance, and why we might need a new Internet.

The Reader as Narcissist

A reader's favourite subject is himself. As David Shields' Literature Saved My Life makes clear, we visit the worlds of literature to find ourselves.

Françoise Mouly is the Talk of the Town

New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly is, along with partner Art Spiegelman, a giant in the world of comic illustration. Mouly speaks to Hazlitt about the importance of visual literacy for children and being in charge of the visuals for the world's most iconic magazine.