The Paleolithic Ideas That Shaped the Modern World
Is the order of the modern alphabet connected to how our shared ancestors counted the phases of the moon and its effect on tides...
Carriages, Pumpkins and Stripper Poles
It’s a tale as old as time. Girl meets boy. They fall in love. They get married and live happily ever after — until...
A Song From the Forest
“We Will Be Jaguars: A Memoir of My People“By Nemonte Nenquimo and Mitch AndersonAbrams PressThe literature of Amazonia has always been a literature of...
The Rise of the Constitutional Sheriff
Sheriffs in the United States hold immense power. They arrest people on the streets they patrol, they run their county’s jails, and they enforce evictions....
The Ominous Return of Jed Bartlet
This September marked 25 years since the debut of Aaron Sorkin’s hugely popular NBC series, “The West Wing.” The anniversary’s arrival in the middle...
The Fellowship of the Lame
In “Rumours,” the theater of the absurd meets the cinema of high fantasy. The story begins with the premiers of the G7 nations attempting...