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Body of Work: The Dying Philosopher
The scene of the philosopher's death is a reminder that what is most precious — our life — is also the most fragile.
History
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw
The Peppery Napoleon Who Once Led China
How Deng Xiaoping initiated the "reform and opening" that with remarkable speed yielded the Chinese colossus that we see today.
My Story, Mystery: A Letter to Hild of Whitby
A letter to one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages: Hilda of Whitby.
A Reporter at Wit’s End: The Firebombing of Japan, “The New Yorker,” and St. Clair McKelway
"The New Yorker" editors were delighted to find they had a reporter working, living, and relaxing with the commanders and the bomber crews destroying Japan.
The Ideology of the Everyday: The Wende Museum’s “Face to Face” Exhibition
The Wende Museum's exhibition "Face to Face" juxtaposes official products of Socialist Realism with works by artists working outside of Communist Party parameters.
Culture War: What Is It Good For?
Andrew Hartman's detailed account of the extended "shouting match" about America's identity, a.k.a. the culture wars.
Did Contraband Smuggling Lead to the French Revolution?
Michel Kwass on the populist history of smuggling contraband goods - tobacco and calico - in France before the French Revolution.
Out of Their Country, Ahead of Their Time
Janice Nimura on the lives of three extraordinary Japanese women, from samurai times to America to contemporary Japan.
Pistols at Dawn
John Leigh’s Touché: The Duel in Literature surveys literary duels from Pierre Corneille’s Le Cid to Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain.
The Afterlife of a Manuscript
“A scholarly whodunit” of Michelangelo, Nazis, and safe-cracking
How Cherokee Territory Became the “Deep South”
Two men find themselves on opposite ends of a battlefield. One was General Andrew Jackson — the other was John Ross, a fighter with the Cherokee regiment …
From Discontented Barons to Predator Drones
It's the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta.
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