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Gatsby Meets Nietzsche on the Train to Town

“Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future And time future contained in time past. What might have been and what has been Point to one end, which is always present.” – T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets “You can’t repeat the past,” says Nick...

Donald the Destroyer Versus Civil Society

Photo by Kyle Ryan The mainstream media have examined the governance of Donald Trump over the first term and the hundred days of the second term, using the familiar techniques of bureaucratic politics and the use of mostly anonymous sources.  In this way, the media...

Letter From London: A Slow Ripening Fruit

Photo courtesy: Godfrey Devereux. When my very old friend Godfrey got in touch to say he’d be in London for a night and needed a bed before flying to Italy, I didn’t hesitate. I hadn’t seen him in years, but some friendships just stretch quietly across time. Of course...

Why the B-52 Failed to Defeat the Vietnamese

Photo: David Bacon. On the plane to Hanoi in December of 2015, I opened my morning copy of the New York Times to find an article by Dave Philipps: “After 60 Years, B-52’s Still Dominate the U.S. Fleet.” The piece stuck with me.  For the next two weeks as I traveled...

Guarigione da primate

Secondo uno studio uscito su Proceedings of the Royal Society B le ferite degli esseri umani guariscono a una velocità tre volte inferiore rispetto a quelle di scimpanzé… Leggi

Toro

I ballerini di danza classica cercano di trasmettere... Leggi