Readers react to the previous issue’s cover image (with a bullseye), raise matters of race and scholarly evidence, pine for Milton Friedman’s influence in response to the financial crisis, rev their critical engines over advertising, and more.

A new Great Books anthology tries to get veterans talking.

Recent faculty, staff, and alumni obituaries.

Edward Tenner, AM’67, PhD’72, considers what “an informed life” means in the information age.

Arika Okrent, PhD’04, lists the reasons why the listicle is a popular literary form.

Readers give thanks for an article about a Pilgrim researcher; react to the University architect’s campus plan; praise Divinity School dean Margaret Mitchell, AM’82, PhD’89; wrangle over Nobel-worthy research; and remember the 1963 football sit-in.

The New Year is under way, but it’s never too late to add a few good resolutions.

Vice president for civic engagement Derek R. B. Douglas discusses how the University and the city of Chicago work together.

In his new book, anthropologist Russell Tuttle synthesizes decades of research to identify the characteristics that set our species apart.

The Magazine dashes through the snow from the Magnificent Mile to a refreshed 53rd Street.

From Major League Baseball and the NBA to Italian soccer and the NFL’s foothold in China, the sports world’s executive suites have a Maroon tint.