Essay Crimes & Punishments Staking a Life By Christopher Hitchens Why is the United States so wedded to the infliction of the death penalty? 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 The Sea Around Alone By Maggie Shipstead The challenge of the world’s first solo, nonstop, around-the-world yacht race: to endure the danger of the sea, and the strain of solitude. More
Essay Energy Truth Actually By Tom Roston A tour through a century of climate-change documentaries. More
Essay Celebrity Vanishing Act By Paul Collins Barbara Newhall Follett was a prodigy who transfixed the literary world—and then vanished. More
Essay Rivalry & Feud Parry and Thrust By Jim Holt After a series of television clashes during the 1968 election, Gore Vidal and William F. Buckley Jr. developed a warm hatred of each other. More
Essay Animals One of Us By John Jeremiah Sullivan Can animals think or feel, experience joy or sadness? Can they know their own existence? More
Essay Education Schoolboy, Where Are You Going? By Moudhy Al-Rashid Scribal education in the ancient Mesopotamian tablet house. More
Essay Lines of Work Pushing Paper By Ben Kafka Paperwork has never fit comfortably into our idea of what work means—it has no heroes and few sympathies. More
Essay Family A Harmony in Living By Garret Keizer Happy families are indeed all alike in calling forth the best of their members’ humanity. More
