Preamble Swindle & Fraud Paper Moons By Lewis H. Lapham Americans have a genius for the artful dodge, but also an infallible willingness to play the fool. More
Preamble Crimes & Punishments Crime Scenes By Lewis H. Lapham The American fondness for the dressing up of crime in the costumes of romance is an amusement priced at too high a cost. More
Preamble Lines of Work The Servant Problem By Lewis H. Lapham It is man’s nature to be doing something, or at least to fancy that he’s doing something, but to what purpose? More
Preamble Philanthropy Pennies from Heaven By Lewis H. Lapham The word philanthropy first appears in Western thought in the fifth century BC to denote an act of rebellion and name the crime of treason. More
Preamble Religion Mandates of Heaven By Lewis H. Lapham Finding religion in the strangest of places. More
Preamble Eros Transits of Venus By Lewis H. Lapham The commodification of sex and love has shaped our attitudes toward both over the past half century, but eros is more than just dollars and cents. More