Preamble Youth Fortune’s Child By Lewis H. Lapham Youth as glimpsed by its elders is a story that comes from afar, showing itself as either lovely to look at or a torment to endure. More
Preamble Home Castles in Air By Lewis H. Lapham The American democracy and dream are the building of castles in air. Whither goeth the one so goeth the other, these days up in smoke and the spout. More
Preamble The Future Kingdom Come By Lewis H. Lapham The present is short and the future is doubtful—only the past is certain. More
Preamble Communication Word Order By Lewis H. Lapham The Internet is blessed with undoubtedly miraculous applications, but language is not yet one of them. Technology cannot displace the primacy of words. More
Preamble Revolutions Crowd Control By Lewis H. Lapham No country can preserve its political liberties unless its rulers know that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. More
Preamble Intoxication Alms for Oblivion By Lewis H. Lapham “One should always be drunk,” proclaimed poet Charles Baudelaire. But the question remains, drunk with what? More
