Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
July 31, 2025
December 08, 2017
The Rest Is History
Wildfires, metaphorical blue marbles, and mixing paint with some spit.
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December 06, 2017
Chain Reaction
Behind the scenes of Enrico Fermi’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
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December 04, 2017
Julius Caesar’s Empty Audience
Augustus’ propaganda promised a better world. What did Caesar’s offer?
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December 01, 2017
The Rest Is History
Lizard-like dinosaur paintings, the butt fumble, and immersing yourself in Watergate.
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November 29, 2017
Paradise Lost
Aaron Burr spoke of far-flung fortune, and then the Blennerhassetts’ West Virginia Eden went up in flames.
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November 24, 2017
The Rest Is History
Iron lungs, much-needed reckonings, and miens “like a full moon.”
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November 17, 2017
The Rest Is History
Tunnels, tents, and little tea parties on the prairie.
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Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
c. 1850:
Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.