Roundtable
Opinions and analysis from Lapham’s Quarterly writers and editors.
December 11, 2017
December 08, 2017
The Rest Is History
Wildfires, metaphorical blue marbles, and mixing paint with some spit.
Read MoreDecember 06, 2017
Chain Reaction
Behind the scenes of Enrico Fermi’s Nobel Prize in Physics.
Read MoreDecember 04, 2017
Julius Caesar’s Empty Audience
Augustus’ propaganda promised a better world. What did Caesar’s offer?
Read MoreDecember 01, 2017
The Rest Is History
Lizard-like dinosaur paintings, the butt fumble, and immersing yourself in Watergate.
Read MoreNovember 29, 2017
Paradise Lost
Aaron Burr spoke of far-flung fortune, and then the Blennerhassetts’ West Virginia Eden went up in flames.
Read MoreNovember 24, 2017
The Rest Is History
Iron lungs, much-needed reckonings, and miens “like a full moon.”
Read MoreNovember 17, 2017
The Rest Is History
Tunnels, tents, and little tea parties on the prairie.
Read MoreNovember 15, 2017
Rosebud Murraye v. “New Slavery”
Segregation in Woodrow Wilson’s Washington.
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What Fads Go Up…
2017:
Internet resident pays $117,712 for a virtual kitty.
c. 1637:
Dutch resident (allegedly) trades twelve fat sheep for one sexy tulip root.
Equal Climates
2017:
U.S. Department of Agriculture bans words related to climate change.
350 BC:
Aristotle denies that the climate is changing.