The nytimes has an interesting op/ed by Sean Kelly, chair of the department of philosophy at Harvard University, Navigating Past Nihilism. “Melville hoped for a life that steers happily between two dangers: nihilism and fanaticism.”

At his site ( http://allthingsshiningbook.wordpress.com ), he has a couple of interesting posts in particular the post on Preachers who don’t believe. Good stuff.