Preamble Dancing with the Stars By Lewis H. Lapham The vanity of princes is an old story; so is the wish for kings and the gazing into the pool of Narcissus. More
Essay Consumer Products By Stephen Marche Celebrity culture may seem ahistorical, but its roots reach deeply into the past four hundred years. More
Voices In Time 1835 | Philadelphia Setting His Stage P.T. Barnum discovers there’s no business like show business.More
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Men are generally more pleased with a widespread than with a great reputation. —Pliny the Younger, c. 110
