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“The Miracle Cure.” A Brief History of Lobotomies

“The Miracle Cure.” A Brief History of Lobotomies

Dr. Jeffrey A. Lieberman on Early Psychosurgery—and Its Impact on the Kennedys and Tennessee Williams

By Jeffrey A. Lieberman | February 21, 2023

Roger Cohen Meditates on Life, Politics, and How to Rebuild Our Age of Undoing

Roger Cohen Meditates on Life, Politics, and How to Rebuild Our Age of Undoing

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 21, 2023

John Perkins on How China and the United States Both Seek World Hegemony and What We Can Do About It

John Perkins on How China and the United States Both Seek World Hegemony and What We Can Do About It

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 21, 2023

Heroes, Victims, and Villains: Essential Books About World War II Women

Heroes, Victims, and Villains: Essential Books About World War II Women

Christopher C. Gorham Recommends Judy Batalion, C. Sarah Soh, and More

By Christopher C. Gorham | February 17, 2023

Wojciech Soczewica on Why We Must Never Forget Auschwitz-Birkenau

Wojciech Soczewica on Why We Must Never Forget Auschwitz-Birkenau

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 17, 2023

Lynn Cullen on the Woman Who Pioneered the Polio Vaccine and Changed the World

Lynn Cullen on the Woman Who Pioneered the Polio Vaccine and Changed the World

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 17, 2023

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Malcolm Harris on Palo Alto, the “Town That Efficiency Built”

By The Maris Review | February 16, 2023

How Two Jewish Kids in 1930s Cleveland Altered the Course of American Pop Culture

By Helene Stapinski and Bonnie Siegler | February 16, 2023

How One Week in Chicago Changed Abraham Lincoln’s Life—and the Fate of the United States

By Edward Achorn | February 16, 2023

Remembering an American Writer: Anthony Walton on James Alan McPherson’s Essays and Legacy

Remembering an American Writer: Anthony Walton on James Alan McPherson’s Essays and Legacy

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | February 16, 2023

How Sailors Predict Climate and Weather on the Open Ocean

How Sailors Predict Climate and Weather on the Open Ocean

Elliot Rappaport on the Power of the Pilot Chart

By Elliot Rappaport | February 16, 2023

How the Golden State Warriors Became the NBA Champions in a Changing World

How the Golden State Warriors Became the NBA Champions in a Changing World

David Hollander on the Principle of Human Alchemy in Basketball

By David Hollander | February 15, 2023

John Cribb on What Both Republicans and Democrats Can Learn From Abraham Lincoln

John Cribb on What Both Republicans and Democrats Can Learn From Abraham Lincoln

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 15, 2023

Adam Brookes on the WWII Race to Save the Treasures of China’s Forbidden City

Adam Brookes on the WWII Race to Save the Treasures of China’s Forbidden City

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 15, 2023

Martin Wolf on Why Capitalism and Democracy Have Fallen Out of Love (And How to Bring Them Back Together)

Martin Wolf on Why Capitalism and Democracy Have Fallen Out of Love (And How to Bring Them Back Together)

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | February 15, 2023

Lit Hub’s Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

Lit Hub’s Guide to Sex in the 21st Century

The History of, the Study of, the Writing of, and Just Doing It

By Literary Hub | February 14, 2023

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