What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

What the Supreme Court Can Learn From a 14th-Century Italian City-State

Liesl Schillinger on the Cautionary Art—and Good Governance—of Siena’s “Golden Age”

By Liesl Schillinger | October 3, 2024

A Dark Day in the Capitol: Donald Trump Calls For Insurrection

A Dark Day in the Capitol: Donald Trump Calls For Insurrection

Liesl Schillinger on The Magnet and The Megaphone

By Liesl Schillinger | January 7, 2021

From Napoleon to Trump, on the <br>Tyrant As Troll

From Napoleon to Trump, on the
Tyrant As Troll

Liesl Schillinger Considers the Ways in Which History Repeats

By Liesl Schillinger | October 15, 2020

Staring At Ourselves: On the Endless Mirrors of Pandemic Life

Staring At Ourselves: On the Endless Mirrors of Pandemic Life

Liesl Schillinger Wonders What Lockdown Has Meant
For Individual Self-Image

By Liesl Schillinger | June 17, 2020

Meet the Unacknowledged Hero Who Discovered That Handwashing Saves Lives

Meet the Unacknowledged Hero Who Discovered That Handwashing Saves Lives

Liesl Schillinger on Misinformation, Anti-Scientism, and the Tragic Life and Times of Ignaz Semmelweis

By Liesl Schillinger | March 27, 2020

What We Can Learn (and Should Unlearn) From Albert Camus's <em>The Plague</em>

What We Can Learn (and Should Unlearn) From Albert Camus's The Plague

Liesl Schillinger on Catastrophe, Contagion, and the Human Condition

By Liesl Schillinger | March 13, 2020

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Even the Founding Fathers Couldn't Envision a President Like Trump

By Liesl Schillinger | February 6, 2020

High Comedy and Misdemeanors:
The Shakespearean Drama at the Heart of Impeachment

By Liesl Schillinger | December 17, 2019

Inès Cagnati: The Insider Who Always Felt Like an Outsider

By Liesl Schillinger | December 5, 2019

The Case Against an American King, Then and Now

The Case Against an American King, Then and Now

Liesl Schillinger Considers the Impeachment of Donald Trump vs. the Indictment of George III

By Liesl Schillinger | November 8, 2019

If de Tocqueville Predicted Twitter, Balzac Knew Trump Would Use It

If de Tocqueville Predicted Twitter, Balzac Knew Trump Would Use It

Liesl Schillinger on Reading Balzac in the Age of Trump

By Liesl Schillinger | February 26, 2019

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