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Making New Friends: The Genetics of Animal Domestication
The story of the Russian geneticists who domesticated the silver fox.
Colin DickeyJun 18, 2017
Something About Wanting: On Romina Paula’s “August”
Lauren Kinney appreciates “August” by Romina Paula, a novel of friendship and loss.
Lauren KinneyJun 17, 2017
- Fiction
With Reflection, Without Fear
William Bradley on Paul Young's "Frank Miller’s Daredevil and the Ends of Heroism."
William BradleyJun 17, 2017
- Comics
- Memoir & Essay
The Cult of the Clitoris
“Becoming Cliterate” will help many women reach their orgasm objectives, and that’s good. But orgasm equity will not solve the problem of patriarchy.
Laura FrostJun 16, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Getting Europe’s Right Wrong
Is Europe entering a phase of new fascism? Not so fast, says our reviewer, as 1930s comparisons fail on many levels.
Erik D’AmatoJun 16, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
A Republican for Our Times?
Think you know what it means to be Machiavellian? You don’t know the half of it, says our reviewer.
Brickey LeQuireJun 15, 2017
- History
- Politics
Banality of Evil Redux
Imagine Adolf Eichmann was never prosecuted for his war crimes. Instead, he wrote a book.
Stephen RohdeJun 14, 2017
- Law
- Politics
Simulation Liberation Army
Alternative histories of the Patty Hearst kidnapping add to an already complicated narrative, writes our reviewer.
M. W. LipschutzJun 13, 2017
- History
- Politics
Hell Is Truth Seen Too Late
David Breithaupt reviews D. Foy’s new novel, “Patricide.”
David BreithauptJun 13, 2017
- Fiction
The Choice to Stay: SJ Sindu’s “Marriage of a Thousand Lies”
Sarah Hoenicke reviews SJ Sindu's "Marriage of a Thousand Lies."
Sarah HoenickeJun 13, 2017
- Fiction
Privatizing Public Things
Can a democracy exist without public things?
Matthew MullinsJun 12, 2017
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
The Spy Who Funded Me: Revisiting the Congress for Cultural Freedom
Patrick Iber reconsiders the legacy of the Congress for Cultural Freedom.
Patrick IberJun 11, 2017
Marianne, Under Siege
Lauren Sarazen considers “Terror in France” by Gilles Kepel.
Lauren SarazenJun 11, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
Midnight Madness: Franz Kafka’s “Investigations of a Dog: And Other Creatures”
“Investigations of a Dog: And Other Creatures” offers a glimpse into Franz Kafka’s crazed late-night writing sessions.
Nathan Scott McNamaraJun 10, 2017
- Fiction
A “Christian Nation” with an Enlightenment Constitution
Alyson Claire Decker reviews Geoffrey R. Stone's "Sex and the Constitution."
Alyson Claire DeckerJun 10, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Law
How to Travel in Time
Is the age of time travel already over, and when did it begin?
Timothy KennettJun 10, 2017