The Latchkey Generation: How Bad Was It?
The latchkey generation--also known as Generation X--was raised by working parents who left them alone after school. We consider the implications.
Why Do Geese Fly in V Formations?
The answer may surprise you.
Why Electroshock Therapy Isn’t Bad for You
Electroconvulsive therapy, or electroshock, has a bad reputation, but medically its efficacy is well documented, even if nobody knows how it works.
1949 Israeli novel Khirbet Khizeh reissued by FSG
Israeli writer S. Yizhar’s 1949 novella Khirbet Khizeh, first published in English in 2008 and recently reissued in English by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
A Nation Built on Debt
What is debt and where did it come from?
Does Socialism Make People Happy?
Bernie Sanders cites Denmark's social welfare programs as a model. We turn to socialism and see whether he's right.
Is a Virus Alive?
The answer to the question whether a virus is alive isn't so simple.
Two Enemies Bound by the Poet Horace
How Horace brought to enemies together during WWII and what role the poet played in the post-war cultural identity of Europe.
The Poetry Up There: An Interview With Skyfaring Author and Pilot Mark Vanhoenacker
Mark Vanhoenacker, pilot and onetime PhD candidate in East African history speaks about Skyfaring, his debut book about aviation.
The Cardiff Giant: The Biggest Hoax of the 19th Century
The Cardiff Giant was the greatest hoax in an era of hoaxes.