There are, broadly, two kinds of structural lonelinesses. One is the benign loneliness of the socially alienated, the other the malignant melancholy of the erstwhile master. By Amba Azaad.

Sean McCann on two new books about the problem of meritocracy.

Fifteen Rules for Living a Self-Reliant, Honest & Compassionate Life. By Ayun Halliday.