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 Ways of Learning Academic Virtue By Stanley Fish What is the job of higher education and what is it that those who teach in colleges and universities are trained and paid to do? More
Essay Democracy In the People’s House There Are Many Mansions By Thomas Geoghegan Why we need more DIY government. 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
Essay Food Death in the Pot By Deborah Blum Before the regulation of the food industry, there was very little preventing us from eating poison. 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 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 Swindle & Fraud We Buy Broken Gold By Clancy Martin Why would a wealthy diamond merchant in a three-thousand-dollar suit want to cheat me out of a hundred bucks’ worth of gold? More
