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How many biodegradable plastic bags can dance on the head of a pin? Why, let’s ask the Holy Synod of the Park Slope…
Among other things, Norman Davies’ Vanished Kingdoms is an investigation into the impermanence of power. He writes in his introduction: The above observations may…
Emily Esfahani Smith remembers Johnny Cash’s spirituality: “I don’t compromise my religion,” Cash once declared. “If I’m with someone who doesn’…
The Texas congressman’s base looks with uncertain eyes toward November.
In Wired, Jonah Lehrer brings us news from the future: This new model of memory isn’t just a theory—neuroscientists actually have a…
Enda Kenny, the prime minister of Ireland, has announced that Ireland will hold a referendum on Europe’s new fiscal treaty. Ireland was one…