Preamble Intoxication Alms for Oblivion By Lewis H. Lapham “One should always be drunk,” proclaimed poet Charles Baudelaire. But the question remains, drunk with what? More
Preamble Time Captain Clock By Lewis H. Lapham From overtime to downtime, spending time to saving time, the uses and abuses of our minutes and days. More
Preamble The City City Light By Lewis H. Lapham When it comes to the medieval cathedral and mosque, the modern skyscraper and the slum, world history is city history. More
Preamble Crimes & Punishments Crime Scenes By Lewis H. Lapham The American fondness for the dressing up of crime in the costumes of romance is an amusement priced at too high a cost. More
Preamble Revolutions Crowd Control By Lewis H. Lapham No country can preserve its political liberties unless its rulers know that their people preserve the spirit of resistance. More
Preamble Celebrity Dancing With the Stars By Lewis H. Lapham The vanity of princes is an old story; so is the wish for kings and the gazing into the pool of Narcissus. More