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Liesl Schillinger
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
Liesl Schillinger on The Magnet and The Megaphone
By
Liesl Schillinger
| January 7, 2021
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
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
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
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
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
Liesl Schillinger on Reading Balzac in the Age of Trump
By
Liesl Schillinger
| February 26, 2019
What Character Are You in a Traditional English Murder Mystery?
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by
Olivia Rutigliano
City of Secrets: 7 Novels that Delve into the Great Mysteries of Oxford
January 14, 2026
by
A.D. Bell
6 Moody, Atmospheric Novels That Explore Womanhood and Societal Expectations
January 14, 2026
by
Rebecca Hannigan
The Best Reviewed Books of the Week
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