Essay Trade A World Built on Sand and Oil By Laleh Khalili When natural resources become essential commodities. More
Essay Technology Fusion & Magic By Andrew Blum Technology has created marvels that become everyday. Could that save us soon? More
Essay Disaster Solidarity and Survival By Garret Keizer Whether it’s earthquakes, famines, or floods, the social contract is continuously put to the test in times of calamity. More
Essay Freedom Our Medical Liberties By Nadja Durbach The aftermath of a nineteenth-century vaccination mandate. More
Essay Epidemic What Preparations Are Due? By Travis Chi Wing Lau Daniel Defoe attempted to teach a nation how to live in a world where the next crisis is always closer than it appears. 8.3.3 More
Essay Comedy Once Upon a Time in the West By Ben Tarnoff How a simple story of a man and his talented frog made Mark Twain a national celebrity. 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 Communication Native Tongues By Simon Winchester The making of the Dictionary of American Regional English, a five-thousand-page, five-volume book documenting the history of American slang. More
Essay Eros Not About the Money By William H. Gass Sensuality is often mistakenly associated with prostitution and pornography, matters with which true sensual appreciation has only distant connections. More
