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
Preamble Climate Paying the Piper By Lewis H. Lapham Acquiring an acquaintance with nature when capitalism has put its future at risk. 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 Animals Man and Beast By Lewis H. Lapham Michel de Montaigne once considered, “When I play with my cat, who knows if I am not a pastime for her more than she is to me?” 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
