Mark Kingwell is a professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto and a contributing editor of Harper's Magazine. His books include A Civil Tongue (Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995), Dreams of Millennium (Penguin, 1996), Practical Judgments (University of Toronto Press, 2002) and Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams (Yale University Press, 2006).

Recent articles

Global cooperation is sorely needed in the face of America's diplomatic and strategic failings, says Mark Kingwall. It's the right answer – and the only answer.