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 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 Spies Open to Inspection By Lewis H. Lapham Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness in the age of surveillance. More
Preamble States of War The Gulf of Time By Lewis H. Lapham An introduction to Lapham’s Quarterly. More
Preamble Rule of Law Due Process By Lewis H. Lapham Lamenting the death of the rule of law in a country where it might have always been missing. More
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