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 About Money Funny Money By Edward Castronova Is there really a difference between the “real” world currencies we use everyday and their funny-money alter egos used online in virtual worlds? More
Essay The Sea Open Waters By Simon Winchester Simon Winchester muses on what it means to be truly at sea. More
Essay Foreigners Enemy Aliens By Andrea Pitzer The life of Austrian painter Paul Cohen-Portheim and the forgotten history of World War I internment camps. 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 Communication Body Language By Arika Okrent When we form our thoughts into speech, some of it leaks through our gestures, revealing intricacies of language, ethnicity and assimilation. More
Essay Family The Stories We Live With By Philip Connors Death turned his brother into a cipher, and it would take a return home to collect the pieces of a shattered life. More
Essay Technology Living in a World Without Stars By Curtis White This great reset offers little hope for the future of humanity. More
Essay States of War The Persian Way of War By Tom Holland Unlike the Greeks, Xerxes viewed war as more than a simple matter of strategy. Rather, it was a means of flaunting global mastery. More
