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The Communist Plot to Assassinate George Orwell

The Communist Plot to Assassinate George Orwell

Goodbye, Catalonia

By Duncan White | September 10, 2019

From the Ruins of Rome to the Invention of Perspective

From the Ruins of Rome to the Invention of Perspective

On the Genius of Filippo Brunelleschi

By Amir Alexander | September 10, 2019

What Happened to the American Citizen-Soldier?

What Happened to the American Citizen-Soldier?

A Former US Army Intelligence Officer's Lessons from
the Roman Republic

By Steele Brand | September 9, 2019

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

On Agatha Christie and the Dawn of a Post-Capitalist Era

A Close Reading of Christie's 80th book, Passenger to Frankfurt, by Slavoj Žižek

By Slavoj Žižek | September 9, 2019

On the Unlikely Extremes of Maoist Influence on the West

On the Unlikely Extremes of Maoist Influence on the West

Left-Wing Rebels, Civil Rights Fighters, and the Cult of Mao
in the 1960s and 70s

By Julia Lovell | September 5, 2019

Prince Albert's Dream of an Industrial Britain

Prince Albert's Dream of an Industrial Britain

Building Up to the Great Exhibition of 1851, the World's
First World Fair

By A.N. Wilson | September 5, 2019

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The Monster That Drew Crowds to a Small Midwestern Town

By B.J. Hollars | September 4, 2019

On Dark Tourism: Murder, Hauntings, and the Serial Killer Capital of Australia

By Aimee Knight | September 3, 2019

Jenny Odell: Our Vision of 'Productivity' is Way Too Narrow

By Just the Right Book | August 29, 2019

Tracking Down My Literary Idol to a San Francisco Commune

Tracking Down My Literary Idol to a San Francisco Commune

On Translating Irving Rosenthal's Deeply Weird
and Wonderful Sheeper

By Philippe Aronson | August 28, 2019

The Death of Alexander the Great: One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries

The Death of Alexander the Great: One of History's Great Unsolved Mysteries

When You Party Too Hard After Conquering the World

By Anthony Everitt | August 28, 2019

The Deafening Silence of a Pharmaceutical Company in the Face of the Opioid Crisis

The Deafening Silence of a Pharmaceutical Company in the Face of the Opioid Crisis

Purdue Pharma's Response: Too Little and Too Late

By John Halpern and David Blistein | August 28, 2019

Teddy Roosevelt Hated Baseball

Teddy Roosevelt Hated Baseball

It Was a Struggle to Even Get the President to Go to a Game

By Ryan Swanson | August 27, 2019

What Germany Can (and Can't) Teach America About Reparations and Evil

What Germany Can (and Can't) Teach America About Reparations and Evil

Susan Neiman on Lessons of History We Still Haven't Learned

By Susan Neiman | August 27, 2019

Kurt Vonnegut Really, Really Hated Guns

Kurt Vonnegut Really, Really Hated Guns

“I wouldn’t have one of the motherfuckers in my house for anything.”

By Chuck Augello | August 26, 2019

Sady Doyle on the Man Who Insisted His Wife Was a Malevolent Fairy

Sady Doyle on the Man Who Insisted His Wife Was a Malevolent Fairy

When the Only Explanation for a Powerful Woman is Dark Magic

By Sady Doyle | August 26, 2019

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