Walter Russell Mead takes note of the meeting of the minds between populists and techno elites, both of whom dislike government bureaucrats (“American Exceptionalism Is Back,” Global View, Jan. 21).

Simone Weil once told a student, “What I cannot stand is compromise.” This unyielding stance underpinned the French philosopher’s life and work, which offered profound insights into a pressing issue ...

Giving someone your undivided attention has become a rare act of generosity in the age of smartphones. French philosopher ...

In 1942, Simone Weil was tasked by Charles de Gaulle’s Free France movement to write a report on how France could be rebuilt after driving out the Nazi invaders. What she handed in was something else ...

For all my life I have felt the presence of Christ. Being a person of faith is not belief for me, it is real. As a boy, I was raised among the Aboriginal churches of New South Wales. We were the ...

Where can I find perspective, wisdom, hope? I’ve been thinking about Simone Weil lately. Weil was a French philosopher, mystic, and political activist. She worked for the French Resistance during WWII ...

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