Essay About Money Disaster at Dunkirk: A Nightmare Fantasy By Ian Kershaw A fictional reimagining of one of Hitler’s most fateful decisions. More
Essay Family The Oakling and the Oak By Anne Fadiman How the prodigal son of Samuel Taylor Coleridge faced his demons, and his father’s shadow. More
Essay Discovery Queer Theorem By Samantha Hunt Dark rooms, deadly machines, and dangerous theories—toward a life beyond mechanistic science. More
Essay The City Waiting for Goffman By Michael Dirda There are few better interpreters of modern metropolitan life than sociologist Erving Goffman. More
Essay Religion The Courtesy of God By Garret Keizer Never mind does God exist—does the God debate exist? Reexamining the relationship between faith and reason. More
Essay Eros Hell House By Jeff Sharlet Young Christians encounter sex, violence, and the eros of evangelicalism in an East Texas hell house. 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 Crimes & Punishments Law & Order By Michael Dirda A reconsideration of Aeschylus’ The Oresteia. More
Essay Technology Fusion & Magic By Andrew Blum Technology has created marvels that become everyday. Could that save us soon? More
Essay Celebrity Gilgamesh to Gaga By John Tresch Fame machines have always found ways to conjure up and emanate glory, to magnify the power of kings and gods. More
