Essay Crimes & Punishments Law & Order By Michael Dirda A reconsideration of Aeschylus’ The Oresteia. More
Essay Religion The Courtesy of God By Garret Keizer Never mind does God exist—does the God debate exist? Reexamining the relationship between faith and reason. More
Essay Foreigners Enemy Aliens By Andrea Pitzer The life of Austrian painter Paul Cohen-Portheim and the forgotten history of World War I internment camps. More
Essay About Money Prometheus Unbound By Jack Weatherford From the invention of coinage to the present day, each technological innovation in currency has further expanded money’s role in our lives. More
Essay Magic Shows Stage Light By Andrew McConnell Stott The life of artist and scenographer Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, and the role of the occult in the history of special effects. More
Essay Communication Native Tongues By Simon Winchester The making of the Dictionary of American Regional English, a five-thousand-page, five-volume book documenting the history of American slang. More
Essay Memory Mortal Soul, Moral Soul By Anne Michaels What happens when private grief becomes common experience? More
Essay Eros Affairs of State By William Rosen How the improbable marriage of an actress, courtesan, and daughter of an animal trainer to a Byzantine emperor dramatically changed the course of European history. More
Essay Book of Nature Pattern Recognition By Steven Stoll Economic growth partakes in this magical thinking: the capacity of the environment remains constant at infinity. More