Essay Rule of Law The World’s Greatest Outlaw By Richard Cohen The life of Samuel Johnson, would-be attorney-at-law. More
Essay Celebrity Consumer Products By Stephen Marche Celebrity culture may seem ahistorical, but its roots reach deeply into the past four hundred years. More
Essay Music How Deep Is Your Love? By Alison Kinney How Ludwig II’s love for Richard Wagner inspired the world’s greatest work of fan art. 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 Politics Trial by Fire By Anthony Grafton Hot gospelling preacher or savvy political operator? Reexamining the life and times of Girolamo Savonarola. More
Essay The City Dickens in Lagos By George Packer In Nigeria, modernity hasn’t yet begun to solve the problems of people thrown together in the urban cauldron. More
Essay Rule of Law The Daimons’ Wisdom By Erica Benner How do you preserve the rule of law when tyranny is on the rise? Lessons from the Florentine republic. More
