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

After Aging
Reflections on one's own mortality.

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

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.

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

Body Count
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.

Natura Morta
Looking closely at dead insects.