About the Implosion of The New Republic -- and Your Opportunity to Support Ideas over Cynicism

Leon Wieseltier, the famed and now former literary editor of The New Republic magazine, has had some important things to say lately about science and scientism. He's out of a job, and in the news, after much of the staff of the magazine quit in protest at the way TNR's new owner, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes (pictured at right), was handling the decisions and responsibilities that come with his role.

If you haven't followed this story, you should. It's the rare development in the news tha...