Essay Book of Nature The Art of Nature By Frederick Turner Human art, fiction, invention, and technology are not unnatural forces that have suddenly erupted into nature, but rather the natural continuation of nature’s own evolutionary processes. More
Essay Rule of Law Separation of Power By William Hogeland To make a more perfect union, don’t look to the Founding Fathers. More
Essay Ways of Learning Portraits of the Artist By Howard Singerman If today there is no longer any particular set of skills that must be learned in order for one to make art, how does one become an artist? 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
Essay The Future Quack Prophet By Colin Dickey The prophecies of Nostradamus were cryptic and garbled—but they also let us see what we wanted to see. More
Essay Death Fond Farewells By Bess Lovejoy Jessica Mitford’s An American Way of Death took down an industry few people knew about, but that everyone would one day need. More
Essay Animals Our Orgiastic Future By Jack Hitt What do bonobos have in common with teenaged boys? As it turns out, quite a bit. 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
