Preamble Memory The Remembered Past By Lewis H. Lapham On the beginnings of our stories—and the history of who owns them. 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 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 States of War The Gulf of Time By Lewis H. Lapham An introduction to Lapham’s Quarterly. More
Preamble Freedom It’s Not About You By Curtis White Charting freedom’s descent into forgetfulness. More
Preamble Politics Feast of Fools By Lewis H. Lapham How American democracy became all about the rule of money. More