October 09, 2019
Glossary: Climate
From absolute drought to zephyr, the language of the environment and weather.
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Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
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October 08, 2019
Beware of Cranks
Misguided attempts to solve impossible mathematical problems.
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October 02, 2019
Nonsmokers, Unite!
The complicated privilege of forming a new constituency.
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October 01, 2019
Lucretian Prehistory
An Epicurean view of the pros and cons of civilization.
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September 30, 2019
Hot-Air War Machine
On the scientists and inventors who brought flying balloons to battle.
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September 27, 2019
Before the East India Company
The precursors to the most powerful corporation in history.
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August 07, 2023
Monumental Mistakes
2023:
Fitness instructor carves his girlfriend’s name into the Colosseum.
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Thompson of Sunderland makes his mark on Pompey’s pillar.
May 22, 2023
Revolutionary Lovebirds
2023:
Writers on strike search for romance at the picket line.
c. 1945:
Young communists engage in party matchmaking.