Essay Migration The Right to Leave By Stephanie DeGooyer Thomas Jefferson was a proponent of open migration. But who qualified as a refugee? More
Essay Music The Emperor’s New Music By Xiaofei Tian The high stakes of popular music in ancient China. More
Essay States of Mind The Ghost and the Princess By Anthony Gottlieb The correspondence of René Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia—a debate about mind, soul, and immortality. More
Essay Food It’s What’s for Dinner By Scott Korb To be an ethical eater, one can no longer betray a deep ignorance about the workings of nature. More
Essay Death Squeak & Gibber By John Crowley Humanity’s greatest feat of rationality lies in the explanations we use to grapple with our own mortality. More
Essay Discovery How to Cross a Field of Snow By Robert Moor A primer for reconnoitering the unknown. 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
