Empire for Liberty
While the idea of imperial domination, as opposed to democracy, is not one with which many Americans are comfortable, the US, in fact, has always been an empire. That is, it has... Read More
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While the idea of imperial domination, as opposed to democracy, is not one with which many Americans are comfortable, the US, in fact, has always been an empire. That is, it has... Read More
“The curious and uncanny part of it all is that there is no firing,” Major John Hay Beith wrote, describing the strange periods of inaction on the Western Front during the... Read More
String theory is a term used to describe a group of theories relating to the shape of matter. Essentially, string theorists assert that all matter is made of one fundamental... Read More
Crime and punishment are such emotional issues in America that it’s difficult to view them in an objective cost vs. benefit context. But that’s what Kleiman, a professor of... Read More
“How horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas masks here because of a quarrel in a far-away country between people of whom we... Read More
In Scroogenomics, Ebenezer progeny and Ehrenkranz Professor and Chair of Business and Public Policy at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania applies the “dismal... Read More
“Ponder this: not a speck will be left of you and me; no trace at all.” Carlos Eire immediately dives into how conceptions of eternity have evolved in Western culture and... Read More
The post-Pill, pre-AIDS decade of 1974—1984 was uniquely rich in art and performance. Because most locations are gone, many artists displaced, much “product” lost to the... Read More
For serious readers of poetry, this author is its epicenter of literary criticism. Throughout her tenure at Harvard University as Professor of English, from thoughtful reviews... Read More
“Novels mediate between subject and object, the perceiver and the things perceived, the hard facts of the world and the contingencies of the language we use to describe... Read More
In England (where the author enjoys higher name recognition as Oxford University’s Goldsmiths Professor of English Literature, author of biographies of Virginia Woolf and... Read More
Horrorscope Highlights: After a month of being married, the husband announces to his bride that he is going on a journey. He hands over the keys to the mansion’s rooms that... Read More
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