Essay Magic Shows Very Superstitious By Colin Dickey The science of sympathetic magic, and why it persists. More
Essay Revolutions No Smoke for Camilo By Garret Keizer Can one be a Christian and a revolutionary? Consider the case of Camilo Torres Restrepo, and the meaning of liberation theology. More
Essay Sports & Games Blossom and Fade By John Crowley Hermann Hesse’s The Glass Bead Game is an experience with the pathos and wonder of all games—the game that is the universe. More
Essay Communication Tape Delay By Madeline Miller How we misread Virgil for two thousand years, and what made it possible for a small group of scholars to figure it out. More
Essay Rule of Law Immune from the Law? By Joan Cocks The curious case of the sovereign citizens movement. More
Essay Time The Grand Illusion By Jim Holt Does time have a future? Yes, but how much of a future depends on what the ultimate fate of the cosmos turns out to be. More
Essay Time Reelin’ in the Years By Colin Dickey Can there be a more terrifying revelation than the present moment? Reconsidering Virginia Woolf’s time-warped novel Orlando. More
Essay Arts & Letters Beauty Is Shoe By Wendy Steiner Is the model a subject, or is the subject a model? More
Essay Disaster Solidarity and Survival By Garret Keizer Whether it’s earthquakes, famines, or floods, the social contract is continuously put to the test in times of calamity. More
