Essay Medicine Early Islamic Medicine By Jonathan Lyons The history of Western medicine owes much to its encounters with the medieval Muslim world, yet this debt seems destined to go unrecognized and unrepaid. More
Essay Arts & Letters The Sacred Word By Sabiha Al Khemir By beautifying the word of God, the medium and the message became interconnected. More
Essay Religion Church & State in America By Elisabeth Sifton The Founding Fathers approached the church-state conundrum with an intellectual clarity that was characteristic of their times. More
Essay Disaster Pressure Drop By Simon Winchester Exploring—and ignoring—climate chaos in the South Pacific. More
Essay Sports & Games The Great Game By Caroline Alexander For the British recruits of the Great War, war was sport and sport was war. More
Essay Democracy A Story of Use and Abuse By Arlene W. Saxonhouse Athenian democracy in the political imagination. More
Essay Animals How to Be a Stuffed Animal By Frances Stonor Saunders The American Museum of Natural History, Teddy Roosevelt, and the importance of taxidermy. More
Essay Rule of Law Separation of Power By William Hogeland To make a more perfect union, don’t look to the Founding Fathers. More
Essay Scandal The Woman in Black By Eric Jager The last judicial duel in France hinged on whether a woman could be believed. More