Preamble Arts & Letters Lady in a Veil By Lewis H. Lapham Despite being told that art is somehow sacred, it’s better to take a naive delight in the thing itself. More
Preamble Medicine The God in the Machine By Lewis H. Lapham Americans ask of medicine more than medicine can deliver—not only the cure for death, but also the gift of riches. More
Preamble Religion Mandates of Heaven By Lewis H. Lapham Finding religion in the strangest of places. More
Preamble Death Memento Mori By Lewis H. Lapham Learning how to die, as Michel de Montaigne once rightly said, is the unlearning of how to be a slave. More
Preamble Sports & Games Field of Dreams By Lewis H. Lapham Play is the making of civilization—how one plays the game more to the point than whether the game is won or lost. More
