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Body Count

Daniel D'Arezzo — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:28:54 UT

If you are an American, you have a better chance than most Europeans of having known someone who was murdered, but you may not want to think about the victims.

Tags: Daniel D'Arezzo, murder, victims

Contributors, Issue 1

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 22:17:34 UT

Tags: barann, brownstein, crow, d'arezzo, foster, warner, wechsler

Charles W. Chesnutt and the Engendering of a Post-Reconstruction Multiracial Politics

Kirin Wachter-Grene — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:43:46 UT

Once a promising fiction writer and would-be spokesman for African-Americans, Charles W. Chesnutt promoted a form of multiracialism but is largely forgotten today. Kirin Wachter-Grene traces the development of Chesnutt's ideas about the amalgamation of races and their afterlife in the 21st century.

Tags: Charles W. Chesnutt, Kirin Wachter-Grene, multiracialism

Natura Morta

Daniel D'Arezzo — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:04:08 UT

Looking closely at dead insects.

Land for Peace: Lessons from Israel’s Withdrawal from Sinai, Egypt

Sara Reef — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:02:53 UT

Many today are frustrated by the lack of forward momentum in creating a functioning state for Palestinians. A successful peace treaty signed 30 years ago may hold lessons for diplomats and politicians.

Tags: Anwar Sadat, Egypt, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Menachem Begin, Peace, Sara Reef

Philosophy and Death: Philosophy as Divertissement (Continuing to learn from the Phaedo and Pascal)

William Warner — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:02:07 UT

If we cannot attain the knowledge we seek and do not much want the knowledge we have, what are we doing seeking it? An exploration—via the Phaedo, Pascal's Pensées and other texts—of philosophy as a response to mortality.

Tags: Craib, death, Hartle, Pascal, Phaedo, philosophy, Plato, william warner

After Aging

Walter Cummins — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:01:02 UT

Reflections on one's own mortality.

Number 1

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:55:27 UT

How to Contribute

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:17:54 UT

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Contributors

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:17:00 UT

Tags: barann, brownstein, crow, d'arezzo, foster, warner, wechsler

Travelogue

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:09:45 UT

Photographs by Carrie Crow.

Tags: crow, Paris

Colonial Cartography: Commerce, Careers and Christianity

Christopher Ian Foster — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:07:45 UT

A commentary on cartography, from Captain James Cook's voyages to the cruise ships that ply the same waters: how maps impose meaning on the world.

Tags: Charles Darwin, Christopher Ian Foster, James Cook, mapping, Robert Thomson, Vincent Van Gogh

And Big Brown Eyes to Die For

Daniel D'Arezzo — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:17:42 UT

The beauty, grace, speed, strength, mythic proportions and historical importance of horses.

Tags: American Museum of Natural History, Daniel D'Arezzo

How Can Scientific Achievement Be Forced?: Unexpected Lessons from the Soviet Union

William Warner — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:11:23 UT

Tags: science, soviet union, william warner