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Old Christ Church in Alexandria. Virginia, attended by General Robert E. Lee in his youth and pictured here in 1911 (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign/Wikimedia Commons)
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Divided Providence

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

Faith’s pivotal role in the outcome of the Civil War

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Ideology as Anatomy

How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives

How shifting ideas about women’s bodies have affected their lives

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The Creator’s Code

Are humans alone in their ability to make art?

Are humans alone in their ability to make art?

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All Talk

Ease of communication will not save us

Ease of communication will not save us

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Barbarity at the Bataclan

A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light

A chilling account of darkness in the City of Light

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Heart of Semi-Darkness

A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors

A writer’s delectable quest for rare flavors

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Masters of Horror and Magic

The German folklorists who helped build a nation

The German folklorists who helped build a nation

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For Want of Touch

The astonishing breadth of our passions

The astonishing breadth of our passions

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Imperiled Planet

The ecological havoc we’ve wrought

The ecological havoc we’ve wrought

Saved By Accident

Only dumb luck has stood in the way of atomic annihilation

Only dumb luck has stood in the way of atomic annihilation

Sonic Geographer

The composer whose music bears witness to a planet in peril

The composer whose music bears witness to a planet in peril

Admired and Abhorred

The German composer whose legacy continues to confound

The German composer whose legacy continues to confound

Beneath the Powdered Wig

Reinterpreting the life of our trendiest Founding Father

Reinterpreting the life of our trendiest Founding Father

Varieties of Experience

Culture rewires our brains and shapes how we think

Culture rewires our brains and shapes how we think

Bugging Out

The buzzing, crawling creatures we would be lost without

The buzzing, crawling creatures we would be lost without

Creeping Illiberalism

A bleak account of the West’s slide toward tyranny

A bleak account of the West’s slide toward tyranny

Beyond Classification

One writer’s journey into the labyrinth of political and bureaucratic obfuscation

One writer’s journey into the labyrinth of political and bureaucratic obfuscation

How We Came Together

America purchased its sense of itself at a high price

America purchased its sense of itself at a high price

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