The Trojan War
Now even some environmentalists are supporting the use of nuclear power to generate electricity. One man’s story suggests the industry can’t be trusted
By William Nichols Saturday, September 1, 2007
Poetry Stand
How a precocious group of high school poets learned to provide verse on demand
By Diana Goetsch Saturday, September 1, 2007
Louise Glück’s Italy of the Mind
On a classical stage peopled by workers, wives, and lovers
By Langdon Hammer Saturday, September 1, 2007
Lady of the Lake
Writer Brenda Ueland and the story she never shared
By Alice Kaplan Saturday, September 1, 2007
Apologies All Around
Today’s tendency to make amends for the crimes of history raises the question: where do we stop?
By Gorman Beauchamp Saturday, September 1, 2007
Findings: Amateurism
From the Spring 1976 issue of The Scholar
By William Haley Saturday, September 1, 2007
Death on the Installment Plan
Growing old gracefully the Rolling Stones way
By Jon Zobenica Saturday, September 1, 2007
Inshallah
The war in Iraq might leave us a new word to match a new sense of our own limitations
By Cullen Murphy Saturday, September 1, 2007
“Writing in the Dark” by Denise Levertov
Poems read aloud, beautifully
By Amanda Holmes Tuesday, March 4, 2025
Tiger Mom
At a forest preserve in India, a writer sees the world anew and learns how to focus her son’s restless mind
By Elizabeth Kadetsky Monday, March 3, 2025
Who Would I Be Off My Meds
Can weaning oneself off pharmaceuticals ease the cycle of perpetual suffering?
By Scott Stossel Monday, March 3, 2025
Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment Resistanceby Laura Delano
American Carthage 
Echoes from the ancient conflicts between Hannibal’s city and Rome continue to reverberate well into the present
By Charles G. Salas Monday, March 3, 2025
Who’s to Say?
A bewildering take from a noted scholar of Christianity
By Sarah Ruden Monday, March 3, 2025
Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesusby Elaine Pagels
Learning to Be Social
What might Rousseau teach us about how to live with others?
By Sally J. Scholz Monday, March 3, 2025
Chapters and Verse
Looking for the poet between the lines
By Jay Parini Monday, March 3, 2025
Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetryby Adam Plunkett
Asteroid Hunters
The scientists and engineers who defend our planet day and night from potentially hazardous space rocks
By Jessie Wilde Monday, March 3, 2025
